#k

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#man #most #nature #reed #thing

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world. ↗

— Mandy Patinkin

#musical theater #shakespeare #sondheim #theater #world

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#comprehend #encompasses #i #like #me

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#always #console #ignorance #knowledge #me

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#diversion #happy #make #order #our

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#believe #converted #heart #imagination #men

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#discover #does #know #least #life

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

— Blaise Pascal

#charm #death #even #every #fame

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#badly #draw #minds #more #place

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#faith #feel #grave #infallible #like