Maxioms by Blaise Pascal
The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend.
The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend.
Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter read more
Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.
A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.
Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is
opinion that uses the force.
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Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is
opinion that uses the force.
[Fr., La force est la reine du monde, et non pas l'opinion; mais
l'opinion est celle qui use de la force.]
