Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere. Blaise Pascal on nature
Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience. Blaise Pascal on nature
Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good. Blaise Pascal on nature
Our nature consists in motion complete rest is death. Blaise Pascal on nature
Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature. Blaise Pascal on nature
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Blaise Pascal on nature
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. Blaise Pascal on nature
Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? Blaise Pascal on nature
Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else. Blaise Pascal on nature
Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? Blaise Pascal on patriotism
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. Blaise Pascal on power
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. Blaise Pascal on power
Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known. Blaise Pascal on religion
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. Blaise Pascal on religion
If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles! Blaise Pascal on religion
Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. Blaise Pascal on science
Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. Blaise Pascal on sports
Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree. Blaise Pascal on strength
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. Blaise Pascal on strength
To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher. Blaise Pascal on time