Blaise Pascal

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

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

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

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.

To say that everything without exception is going straight to hell is not an alternative vision but only an inversion of the mainstream's 'everything's fine.'