Blaise Pascal

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

History is only conjecture, and the best historians try to do it as accurately as they can. They try to accurately reassemble the facts and then put them down on paper.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

There are certainly contemporaries that I admire, like Emily Blunt. I think she is amazing.