People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
BLAISE PASCALPeople almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
BLAISE PASCALHappiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.
BLAISE PASCALIt is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
BLAISE PASCALThe heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of, We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.
BLAISE PASCALThere are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
BLAISE PASCALWhat a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
BLAISE PASCALHappiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
BLAISE PASCALDon’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
BLAISE PASCALGood deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.
BLAISE PASCALThere is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
BLAISE PASCALAll men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
BLAISE PASCALIf you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it’s possible, in everything.
BLAISE PASCALWe are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.
BLAISE PASCALIf you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.
BLAISE PASCALAll of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.
BLAISE PASCALImagination decides everything.
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