Blaise Pascal Top 10 Quotes


10

Things are always at their best in their beginning.

Blaise Pascal (The Provincial Letters, 1656 - 1657)

9

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Blaise Pascal (Pensées, 1669)

8

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

Blaise Pascal (Pensées, 1669)

7

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Blaise Pascal (Pensées, 1669)

6

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

Blaise Pascal (Pensées, 1669)

5

One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

Blaise Pascal (Pensées, 1669)

4

Thought constitutes the greatness of man.

Blaise Pascal (Pensées, 1669)

3

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this world.

Blaise Pascal (Pensées, 1669)

2

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

Blaise Pascal

1

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

Blaise Pascal (Pensées, 1669)

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Blaise Pascal Biography

Born: June 19, 1623
Died: August 19, 1662

Blaise Pascal was a French scientist and philosopher. He is best known for his significant contributions to mathematics and science.

Notable Works

The Provincial Letters (1656 - 1657)
Pensées or also known as Thoughts (1669)


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