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About Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. He remains known for work that spans science, thought, and faith. Pascal’s name is associated with a wide range of intellectual work, from mathematics and physics to invention and philosophical writing. His Catholic writings are part of that legacy as well, giving his work a distinctly reflective and religious dimension.
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- “In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.”Blaise Pascal
- “Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very muc…”Blaise Pascal
- “Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets…”Blaise Pascal
- “We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.”Blaise Pascal
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- “I suddenly knew that religion, God - something beyond everyday life - was there to be found, provided one is…”Dodie Smith
- “Possession and exorcism is something that's in every religion and every culture. It's a real primal fear: Is…”Eli Roth
- “When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.”Vincent Van Gogh
Explore Fear
- “There are certain people who respect me in the dark. Some people who don't know me are afraid to say, 'What y…”The-Dream
- “my imagination persisted in sticking horrors into the dark- so I stuck my imagination into the dark instead,…”F. Scott Fitzgerald
- “I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how…”Ann Brashares
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Books by Blaise Pascal
Pensées
1977
The provincial letters of Blaise Pascal
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