"To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical.[Fr., Se..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Men blaspheme what they do not know.”

“How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies.”

“[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed.”

“"To be is to do," says the existentialist. "One only becomes real (human) at the point of action."”

“Truth and falsehood are opposed; but truth is the norm not of truth only but of falsehood also.”

“Human reason has the peculiar fate in one species of its cognitions that it is burdened with questions which it cannot dismiss, since they are given to it as problems by the nature of reason itself, but which it also cannot answer, since they transcend every capacity of human reason.”

“So I want to thank the Pentagon, the Soviet Union and the military-industrial complex from the bottom of my heart. Without them, I could never have become the man I am today.”

“If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.”

“When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.”