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.
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 PASCALWisdom leads us back to childhood.
BLAISE PASCALAll the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.
BLAISE PASCALDon’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
BLAISE PASCALWe 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.
BLAISE PASCALFaith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.
BLAISE PASCALLord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!
BLAISE PASCALKind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
BLAISE PASCALSilence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
BLAISE PASCALEvil is easy, and has infinite forms.
BLAISE PASCALThere is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
BLAISE PASCALFaith is a gift of God.
BLAISE PASCALThere are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
BLAISE PASCALPlurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.
BLAISE PASCALHuman beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
BLAISE PASCALIf I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.
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