Blaise Pascal ( 10 of 74 )
man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
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.
It is impossible that God should ever be the end, if He is not the beginning. We lift our eyes read more
It is impossible that God should ever be the end, if He is not the beginning. We lift our eyes on high, but lean upon the sand; and the earth will dissolve, and we shall fall while looking at the heavens.
Palm Sunday Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without read more
Palm Sunday Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter read more
Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
Men never do evil so fully and so happily as when they do it for conscience's sake.
Men never do evil so fully and so happily as when they do it for conscience's sake.
