We like to be deceived.
BLAISE PASCALIn faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of, We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.
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Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
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All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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All our dignity lies in our thoughts.
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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
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Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.
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Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
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One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
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