Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to...

I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to...

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it...

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it...

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future...

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future...

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to...

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to...

We never love a person, but only qualities.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

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...

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 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...

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Imagination decides everything

Imagination decides everything

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant....

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant....

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality...

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality...

Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us...

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us...

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to...

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to...