"The past and present are only our..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.”

“If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery, and injustice, we are indeed blind. And if, knowing this, we do not desire deliverance, what can we say of a man...?”

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

“Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.”

“The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked at close, they produce no effect. There is nothing beautiful to be found in them, unless you stand some distance off.”

“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.”

“There is the solution which I respectfully offer to you in this Address to which I have given the title "The Sinews of Peace."”

“A day will come when markets, open to trade, and minds, open to ideas, will become the sole battlefield.”

“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations”