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.
Blaise PascalIf you act externally with men in conformity with your rank, you should recognize, by a more secret but truer thought, that you have nothing naturally superior to them.
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.
