Blaise Pascal quotes

" Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. " # Evil # Cheerfulness # Religion

" We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything. " # Learning

" I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter. " # Letters

" The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. " # Influence # Love # Acting and Actors

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

" Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. " # Thoughts and Thinking # Power # Lies and Lying

" Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. " # Eloquence # Painters and Painting # Arts and Artists

" Nature has perfection, in order to show that she is the image of God and defects, to show that she is only his image. " # Perfection # God # Nature

" All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone. " # Misers and Misery # Happiness # Life and Living

" If I had more time I would write a shorter letter. " # Writers and Writing # Letters # Time and Time Management