Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascalwas a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalising the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defence of the scientific method...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth19 June 1623
CityClermont-Ferrand, France
CountryFrance
Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.
In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.
Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.
Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.
Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.
Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.