Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them. – Blaise Pascal
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched. – Blaise Pascal
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. – Blaise Pascal
My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics – they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled – even though it meant budgeting like crazy. – Jennifer Garner