Blaise Pascal

"A man without friends is like a man without blood."

"Between us and hell or heaven there is but life, which is the frailest thing in the world."

"The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

"The mind of this man has been changed by his intercourse with God."

"Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries, yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries."

"If God does not exist, one loses nothing by believing in him, while if he does exist, one loses everything by not believing."

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

"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."

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

"Vanity is so anchored in the hearts of men that a soldier, a cook, a porter, all brag and wish to have admirers."

"Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed."

"The present is the only time in which true love can be given."

"Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak well of yourself."

"Fear of harm ought not dissuade us from the performance of a duty."

"The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator."

"Imagination decides everything. It is more important than knowledge."

"We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others."

"Eloquence is a painting of thought."

"It is the heart which experiences God, and not the reason."

"The arithmetic of love is strange; it teaches that two halves make a whole, yet two wholes make one."

"To understand a man's nature, one must not always look to his great performances but to his details."

"Order is the pleasure of reason; but beauty is the measure of a perfect soul."

"The more we know, the more we realize how much we do not know."

"Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary ones."

"Genuine happiness is only found in the pursuit of virtue and the love of God."

"The more places I have traveled to, the less I have seen."

"In finding peace, one must look within oneself, not without."

"Our entire life is spent looking for things that will make us happy, yet happiness itself eludes us."