Two extremes: to exclude reason, to admit reason only.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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We never love a person, but only qualities.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

The only shame is to have none.

The only shame is to have none.

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...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

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.

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...

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

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.

Without Jesus Christ man must be in vice and misery; with Jesus Christ man is...

Without Jesus Christ man must be in vice and misery; with Jesus Christ man is...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

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.