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 only shame is to have none

The only shame is to have none

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;...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

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...

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.

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...

I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man...

I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man...

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of...

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of...

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the...

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the...

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by...

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by...

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

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...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as...

Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as...

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no...

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no...