Blaise Pascal ( 10 of 74 )
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, read more
The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, we never live but we hope to live; and always hoping to be happy, it is inevitable that we will never be so.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere
Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere
The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend.
The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend.
Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
[Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins read more
Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
[Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent
ou l'on veut aller.]
The pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only read more
The pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only the earth. The Christians know the true God, and do not love the earth.
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209 We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave read more
Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209 We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.
Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 [Unbelievers] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth read more
Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 [Unbelievers] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth when they have spent a few hours in reading some book out of Holy Scripture, and have questioned some cleric about the truths of the faith. After that, they boast that they have searched in books and among men in vain.
