Eloquence is painted thought, and thus those who, after having painted it, add somewhat more, make a picture, not a portrait.

— Blaise Pascal

Eloquence.— We need both what is pleasing and what is real, but that which pleases must itself be drawn from the truth.

— Blaise Pascal

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

— Blaise Pascal

Everyone without exception is searching for happiness.

— Blaise Pascal

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.

— Blaise Pascal

Faith declares what the senses do not see but not the contrary of what they see.

— Blaise Pascal

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

— Blaise Pascal

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

— Blaise Pascal

Faith is a gift of God.

— Blaise Pascal

Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can go only so far but faith has no limits.

— Blaise Pascal