Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, …
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear…
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, …
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of…
Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely …
Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism.
~ Blaise Pascal…
I have discovered that all human evil …
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man’s being unable to sit…
If all men knew what each said …
If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four…
Man is equally incapable of seeing the …
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity…
Men never do evil so completely and …
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a…
One must know oneself, if this does …
One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least…
Our notion of symmetry is derived from …
Our notion of symmetry is derived from the human face. Hence, we demand symmetry horizontally…
People are usually more convinced by reasons …
People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by…
Since we cannot know all that there …
Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought…
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces …
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.
~ Blaise Pascal
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