Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known. – Blaise Pascal
The strength of a mans virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. – Blaise Pascal

Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known. – Blaise Pascal
The strength of a mans virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. – Blaise Pascal
Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way. – Blaise Pascal
Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. – Azar Nafisi