Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

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...

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 last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from...

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from...

It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not...

It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not...

You always admire what you really dont understand.

You always admire what you really dont understand.

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things...

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things...

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

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...

The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future...

The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future...

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.

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...

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a...

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the...

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for...

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for...