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

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: God Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

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...

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

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...

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...

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...

Live free or die

Live free or die

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

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

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

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 run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent...

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent...

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches,...

Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches,...

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...

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 sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.