If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles! Blaise Pascal actbattlecertainty Change image and share on social
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. Blaise Pascal bringjusticepower Change image and share on social
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. Blaise Pascal forcejusticepowerless Change image and share on social
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. Blaise Pascal feeblemannature Change image and share on social
Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world. Blaise Pascal frailheavenhell Change image and share on social
In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious. Blaise Pascal actionaffectcautious Change image and share on social
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. Blaise Pascal fightpleasevictory Change image and share on social
I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man without thought; he would be a stone or a brute. Blaise Pascal bruteconceivefoot Change image and share on social
The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason. Blaise Pascal conformabledisavowalinfinity Change image and share on social
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them. Blaise Pascal desirefameread Change image and share on social
