Blaise Pascal quotes, with sources
French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher whose unfinished notes on faith and the human condition were posthumously published as the Pensees. Here are 5 short quotes by Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662), each with the work it comes from, drawn from 4 sources.
Nothing gives certainty but truth; nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
Custom is our nature.
The greatness of man consists in thought.
Man is but a reed, weakest in nature, but a reed which thinks.
Brave deeds are most estimable when hidden.
Sources
- Pensees
- Pensees, Section II
- The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal, Of the Deceptive Powers of the Imagination
- The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal, The Greatness and Littleness of Man
Themes
Read them in QuoteXpedia
QuoteXpedia for iPhone is coming soon to the App Store: a quote each morning chosen from your interests, a calm full-screen reader, and a studio that turns any line into art. See the app.