The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men. – Blaise Pascal
The strength of a mans virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. – Blaise Pascal
Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? – Blaise Pascal
Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by St