Blaise Pascal ( 10 of 74 )
man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing
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.
Palm Sunday Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without read more
Palm Sunday Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750 Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.
Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750 Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
