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Quotes by Blaise Pascal

12 Total

We understand and believe vastly more than we know.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart.

Truth is so obscure in these times & falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Things are always at their best in the beginning.

The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put first.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves then by those found by others.

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves then by those found by others.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

I have made this letter longer because I lack the time to make it shorter.