Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.

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...

Imagination decides everything

Imagination decides everything

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

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...

Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches,...

Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches,...

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...

For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does...

For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does...

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true...

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true...

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit...

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit...

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

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

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

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A...

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to...

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to...