"What matters it that man should have..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.”

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”

“Man lives between the infinitely large and the infinitely small.”

“...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating oneself, one pushes the inquiry only to the point at which one can no longer offer any opposition. Hence a good inquirer will be one who is ready in bringing forward the objections proper to the genus, and that he will be when he has gained an understanding of the differences.”

“I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.”

“Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.”

“A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.”

“The more intelligent and cultured a man is, the more subtly he can humbug himself.”

“The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity.”