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

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we...

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we...

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by...

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by...

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

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...

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...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

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...

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 charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

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.

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.