Sleep, you say, is the image of death; for my part I say that it is rather the image of life.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: Death Quotes

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of...

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of...

We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in...

We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in...

The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine...

The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine...

Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not...

Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not...

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost,...

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost,...

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...

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and...

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and...

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form...

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form...

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on...

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on...

Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which...

Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which...

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

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...

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we...

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we...

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...

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him...

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him...

No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.

No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.

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.

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

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

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics;...

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics;...