Blaise Pascal Anxiety Quotations

Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable.

The state of man is inconstancy, ennui, anxiety.

Condition de l'homme: inconstance, ennui, inquie tude. Man's condition. Inconstancy, boredom, anxiety.

Human beings do not know their place and purpose. They have fallen from their true place, and lost their true purpose. They search everywhere for their place and purpose, with great anxiety. But they cannot find them because they are surrounded by darkness.