Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, inventor, and theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a respected mathematician, and he absorbed new material earnestly. Pascal made significant contributions to various fields, including mathematics, physics, and philosophy.

8 Quotes

"The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble."
— Blaise Pascal
"We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything."
— Blaise Pascal
"We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart."
— Blaise Pascal
"Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed."
— Blaise Pascal
"The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of."
— Blaise Pascal
"Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world."
— Blaise Pascal
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
— Blaise Pascal
"We are all something, but none of us are everything."
— Blaise Pascal

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