Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, inventor, and theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a respected mathematician, and he absorbed new material earnestly. Pascal made significant contributions to various fields, including mathematics, physics, and philosophy.

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"The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble."
Blaise Pascal
"We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything."
Blaise Pascal
"We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart."
Blaise Pascal
"Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed."
Blaise Pascal
"The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of."
Blaise Pascal
"Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world."
Blaise Pascal
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
Blaise Pascal
"We are all something, but none of us are everything."
Blaise Pascal

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