Blaise Pascal Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

“Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.”

“Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.”

“We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.”

“A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.”

“Men blaspheme what they do not know.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”