Law, without force, is impotent.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

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...

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

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...

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but...

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but...

The prophecies are to be unintelligible to the ungodly but intelligible to those who are...

The prophecies are to be unintelligible to the ungodly but intelligible to those who are...

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary...

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary...

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to...

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to...

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything...

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything...

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...

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...

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

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...

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

They say love is like a bar of soap. Why? Because once you think you...

They say love is like a bar of soap. Why? Because once you think you...

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but...

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but...