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Sep 27, 2023 · Pascal's quote, "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing," explores the irrationality and wisdom of human emotions. It challenges the dominance of rational thinking and suggests a broader perspective that acknowledges the role of the heart in understanding the world.
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- I have made this [letter] longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. Lettres Provinciales (1657) no. 16; see Thoreau.
- The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put first. Pensées (1670, ed. L. Brunschvicg, 1909) sect. 1, no. 19.
- When we see a natural style, we are quite surprised and delighted, for we expected to see an author and we find a man. Pensées (1670, ed. L. Brunschvicg, 1909) sect.
- For after all, what is man in nature? A nothing in respect of that which is infinite, an all in respect of nothing, a middle betwixt nothing and all. Pensées (1670, ed.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
- “The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” ― Blaise Pascal.
- “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” ― Blaise Pascal, Pensées.
- “I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter. " (Letter 16, 1657)” ― Blaise Pascal, The Provincial Letters.
- “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” ― Blaise Pascal, Pensées.
(His most famous phrase is probably “Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point” – “The heart has its reasons which reason does not know” – ‘know’ in the sense of ‘to be acquainted with’: a better translation is, ‘Reason is a stranger to the reasons of the heart’.)
Jan 15, 2021 · HomeThe heart has its reasons which reason does not know. We feel it in a thousand things. I say that the heart naturally loves the Universal Being, and also itself naturally, according as it gives itself to them; and it hardens itself against one or the other at its will. You have rejected the one, and kept the other.
