“When a natural discourse paints a passion or an effect, one feels within oneself the truth of what one reads, which was there before, although one did not know it. Hence one is inclined to love him who makes us feel it, for he has not shown us his own riches, but ours. ...such community of intellect that we have with him necessarily inclines the heart to love.”
Pascal's Pensees is a collection of reflections and arguments on faith, reason, and the human condition. It delves into the nature of God, the purpose of life, and the role of human intellect in understanding the divine. more
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and theologian. He was born on June 19, 1623, and died on August 19, 1662. Pascal's contributions to mathematics were particularly significant, with groundbreaking work in probability theory, analytical geometry, and early calculus. more
“Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.”
“Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love?”
“Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.”
“Of all affliction taught a lover yet, 'Tis true the hardest science to forget.”
“One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight; Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.”
“When the heart stops for one beat it is desire, when it stops for one life time it is love”