Blaise PascalIf the public thought elevates you above the generality of men, let the other humble you, and hold you in a perfect equality with all mankind, for this is your natural condition.
Blaise PascalDo not mistake yourself by believing that your being has something in it more exalted than that of others.
Thomas à KempisTo account nothing of one’s self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom.
Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? I am much afraid that nature is itself only a first custom, as custom is a second nature.
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
