If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

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

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

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed....

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed....

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit...

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit...

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing...

Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing...

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his...

Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his...

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this...

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by...

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who...

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who...

Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch...

Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch...