The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of affliction. But the science of ethics will always console me for the ignorance of the physical sciences.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: Ethics Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Physics Quotes

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to...

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to...

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

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...

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding,...

It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding,...

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.

We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those...

We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those...

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends...

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends...

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Nothing gives us rest but the sincere search for truth

Nothing gives us rest but the sincere search for truth

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

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he...

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he...

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...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

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...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future...

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future...

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a...

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a...