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

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...

Without Jesus Christ man must be in vice and misery; with Jesus Christ man is...

Without Jesus Christ man must be in vice and misery; with Jesus Christ man is...

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith...

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith...

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...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I...

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a...

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a...

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....

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

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...

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...

Vanity is but the surface.

Vanity is but the surface.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a...

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a...

We never love a person, but only qualities.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...