Blaise Pascal

"Man is neither angel nor beast, but when he tries to be like an angel, he becomes a beast."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

"We do not live to think, but to act."

"The good man does not give his life for his country, he gives his country for his life."

"It is the heart that is restless until it rests in You."

"Contradiction is not a sign of falseness, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth."

"The more we know, the less we understand."

"To understand a man, one must look at him through the eyes of children."

"It is the heart which perceives God, not the intellect."

"Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends."

"Men are so necessarily mad that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness."

"The flesh desires to make the spirit into a statue."

"Whoever is led by reason is quiet and peaceful."

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

"The mind of the wise is like a mirror."

"We want truth, and we find ourselves choosing falsehood."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"All mischief comes from the fact that men do not sit still in their rooms."

"The supreme authority lies in the confession of human weakness."

"In the heart of man lives a desire for truth, in the heart of animals, none."

"The world is so constituted, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must endure its pains."

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

"To refrain from imitation is the best tribute to it."

"There is enough light for those who desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who do not."

"The true science and study of man is man."

"Love has reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love."

"Patience is the courage of the strong."

"The intellect wishes to add and to increase; the instinct wishes to diminish and to reduce."

"War is a terrible affliction of mankind."