We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Law, without force, is impotent.

Law, without force, is impotent.

Vanity is but the surface.

Vanity is but the surface.

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...

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as...

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love...

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

The only shame is to have none.

The only shame is to have none.

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing...

Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing...

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.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

Nothing gives us rest but the sincere search for truth

Nothing gives us rest but the sincere search for truth

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...

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by...

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by...

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...

Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly...

Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly...

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the...

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the...