We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.
From Blaise Pascal
We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.
Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.
Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.
Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.
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.
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.
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.
If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.
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