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 property of power is to protect.

The property of power is to protect.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and...

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him...

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him...

However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion

However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything...

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything...

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...

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...

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

What is man in nature? Nothing in relation to the infinite, all in relation to...

What is man in nature? Nothing in relation to the infinite, all in relation to...

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

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

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment