How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies.
Blaise PascalNo one is offended at not seeing everything; but one does not like to be mistaken, and that perhaps arises from the fact that man naturally cannot see everything, and that naturally he cannot err in the side he looks at, since the perceptions of our senses are always true.
Blaise PascalThe Church limits her sacramental services to the faithful. Christ gave Himself upon the cross a ransom for all.
Blaise PascalReason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the truth discover it
Blaise PascalOur senses perceive no extreme. Too much sound deafens us; too much light dazzles us; too great distance or proximity hinders ourview. Too great length and too great brevity of discourse tends to obscurity; too much truth is paralyzing.... In short, extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them.
Blaise Pascal