Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.

Blaise Pascal

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Blaise Pascal

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

Blaise Pascal

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Blaise Pascal

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.

Blaise Pascal

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

Blaise Pascal

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

Blaise Pascal

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Blaise Pascal

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Blaise Pascal

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

Blaise Pascal

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.

Blaise Pascal

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Blaise Pascal