Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. Blaise Pascal on time
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal on time
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 time
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 time
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. Blaise Pascal on trust
Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Blaise Pascal on truth
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. Blaise Pascal on truth
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. Blaise Pascal on truth
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. Blaise Pascal on truth
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. Blaise Pascal on truth
Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same. Blaise Pascal on truth
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. Blaise Pascal on truth
One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better. Blaise Pascal on truth
Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. Blaise Pascal on truth
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. Blaise Pascal on valentines day
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. Blaise Pascal on justice
We conceal it from ourselves in vain--we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it. Blaise Pascal on love
Nature has perfections, in order to show that she is the image of God; and defects, to show that she is only his image. Blaise Pascal on perfection
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. Blaise Pascal on thoughts