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

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

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...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

Imagination decides everything

Imagination decides everything

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

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

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

The self is hateful.

The self is hateful.

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...

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 least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by...

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by...

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith...

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith...

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

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...

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...

Not only do we know God by Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only...

Not only do we know God by Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only...

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order...

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order...

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

I remember those happy days and often wish I could speak into the ears of...

I remember those happy days and often wish I could speak into the ears of...