This is what I see, and what troubles me. I look on all sides, and everywhere I see nothing but obscurity. Nature offers me nothing that is not a matter of doubt and disquiet.
Blaise PascalWhen we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.
Blaise PascalThe past and present are only our means; the future is always our end. Thus we never really live, but only hope to live.
Blaise PascalIf we dreamed the same thing every night, it would affect us much as the objects we see every day. And if a common workman were sure to dream every night for twelve hours that he was a king, I believe he would be almost as happy as a king who should dream every night for twelve hours on end that he was a common workman.
Blaise Pascal