Notwithstanding the sight of all our miseries, which press upon us and take us by the throat, we have an instinct which we cannot repress, and which lifts us up.
Blaise PascalThe pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only the earth. The Christians know the true God, and do not love the earth.
Blaise PascalAll men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end.
Blaise Pascal