Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: Truth Quotes

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with...

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with...

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....

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

Mathematicians, who are only mathematicians, have exact minds, provided all things are explained to them...

Mathematicians, who are only mathematicians, have exact minds, provided all things are explained to them...

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...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

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?

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

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

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

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....

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness......

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness......

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

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

It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding,...

It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding,...

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and...

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and...

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...