Quotes about Man, page 45

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature, as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Men despise religion, they hate it and fear it is true.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when we do it out of conscience.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about man