If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: Achievement Quotes

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as...

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as...

We never love a person, but only qualities.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear...

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear...

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because...

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

The property of power is to protect.

The property of power is to protect.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience...

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

Vanity is but the surface.

Vanity is but the surface.

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the...

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force...

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...