To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: Love Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

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...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

The self is hateful.

The self is hateful.

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

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...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

Law, without force, is impotent.

Law, without force, is impotent.

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...

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons.

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons.

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish...

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish...

Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from...

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from...

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be...

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be...

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...

When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to...

When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to...

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk.

A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk.