"The heart has its reasons which reason..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might.”

“A jester, a bad character.”

“We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.”

“The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.”

“Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.”

“Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.”

“Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life this very moment, govern every act and thought accordingly.”

“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth. The most effectual hitherto found, is the freedom of the press. It is, therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions.”

“Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its nature is cold.”