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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Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

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...

The only shame is to have none.

The only shame is to have none.

Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so...

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so...

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as...

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as...

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

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

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a...

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a...

We never love a person, but only qualities.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

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...

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.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

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...

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

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

We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those...

We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those...

The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a...

The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a...

The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the...

The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...