Blaise Pascal

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Evil is easy, and has infinite forms. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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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

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