blaise pascal

“ Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels his nullity, loneliness, inadequacy, dependence, helplessness, emptiness. ”

“ Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. ”

“ As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all. ”

“ We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are. ”

“ We never love a person, but only qualities. ”

“ It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity. ”

“ In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart. ”

“ Imagination decides everything. ”

“ It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. ”

“ In faith, there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. ”