Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher.
Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? Use this quote
Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Use this quote
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. Use this quote
Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. Use this quote
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. Use this quote
Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known. Use this quote
