The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: God Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he...

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

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

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

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we...

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we...

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics;...

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics;...

You always admire what you really dont understand.

You always admire what you really dont understand.

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least...

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be...

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

What is man in nature? Nothing in relation to the infinite, all in relation to...

What is man in nature? Nothing in relation to the infinite, all in relation to...

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality...

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality...