At the centre of every human being is a God-shaped vacuum which can only be filled by Jesus Christ.
Blaise PascalJustice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.
Blaise PascalWhen malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and self-denial have not realized true happiness, and the soul returns to the dictates of nature, the reaction is fearfully extravagant.
Blaise PascalAnyone who does not see the vanity of the world is very vain himself. So who does not see it, apart from young people whose lives are all noise, diversions, and thoughts for the future? But take away their diversion and you will see them bored to extinction. Then they feel their nullity without recognizing it, for nothing could be more wretched than to be intolerably depressed as soon as one is reduced to introspection with no means of diversion.
Blaise Pascal