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Put the world's greatest phil...

Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipe below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

All that tends not to charity...

All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Must we kill to prevent there...

Must we kill to prevent there being any wicked? This is to make both parties wicked instead of one.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

When we do not know the truth...

When we do not know the truth of a thing, it is good that there should exist a common error which determines the mind of man, as, for example, the moon, to which is attributed the change of seasons, the progress of diseases, etc. For the chief malady of man is a restless curiosity about things which he cannot understand; and it is not so bad for him to be in error as to be curious to no purpose.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Men seek rest in a struggle a...

Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable.

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Extremes are for us as though...

Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our true state; this is what makes us incapable of certain knowledge and of absolute ignorance... This is our natural condition, and yet most contrary to our inclination; we burn with desire to find solid ground and an ultimate sure foundation whereon to build a tower reaching to the Infinite. But our whole groundwork cracks, and the earth opens to abysses.

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Rivers are roads that move an...

Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go. [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent ou l'on veut aller.]

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The world is ruled by force, ...

The world is ruled by force, not by opinion; but opinion uses force.

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God is, or He is not." But to...

God is, or He is not." But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separated us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

The origins of disputes betwe...

The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.

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To ridicule philosophy is tru...

To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]

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Nature confuses the skeptics ...

Nature confuses the skeptics and reason confutes the dogmatists

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Fire. God of Abraham, God of ...

Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars. I will not forget thy word. Amen.

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It is your own assent to your...

It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe.

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The truth about nature we dis...

The truth about nature we discover with our brains. The truth about religion we discover with our hearts.

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There is a lot of difference ...

There is a lot of difference between tempting and leading into error. God tempts but does not lead into error. To tempt is to provide opportunities for us to do certain things if we do not love God, but putting us under no necessity to do so. To lead into error is to compel a man necessarily to conclude and follow a falsehood.

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Our notion of symmetry is der...

Our notion of symmetry is derived form the human face. Hence, we demand symmetry horizontally and in breadth only, not vertically nor in depth.

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The Christian's God does not ...

The Christian's God does not merely consist of a God who is the Author of mathematical truths and the order of the elements. The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of the Christians, is a God of love and consolation.

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All err the more dangerously ...

All err the more dangerously because each follows a truth. Their mistake lies not in following a falsehood but in not following another truth.

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By a peculiar prerogative, no...

By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may make advances in morality (which is the science, by way of eminence, of living well and being happy), but all mankind together is making a continual progress in proportion as the universe grows older. So that the whole human race, during the course of so many ages, may be considered as one man who never ceases to live and learn.

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