Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal was a French inventor, mathematician, writer and philosopher. As a teenager, he pioneered work in calculating machines making him one of the first two inventors of the mechanical calculator. Unfortunately, he had poor health and died at age 39. Wonder how much more great things he could have done had he lived longer. Like many writers, Pascal was a philosopher. Or is it like many philosophers Pascal was a writer. He has his brainy quotes which should be shared: "Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed." "Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary." "Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists." "Kind words do not cost much yet they accomplish much." "Man's gr...