The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing: we know this in countless ways.
Source: Penspes, 1670, no. 423 ed. by Karailshemer, no. 277 ed. by Brunschvicg.
-- Blaise Pascal, (Jun 19 1623-1662), French mathematician, physicist, theologian; He formulated the modern theory of probability and Pascal's law of fluid pressure.