Quotes By Blaise Pascal

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world.

Imagination decides everything.

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

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.

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter.