There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not...

Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not...

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...

Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches,...

Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches,...

The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine...

The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine...

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it...

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it...

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on...

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on...

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of...

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of...

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without...

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without...

Sleep, you say, is the image of death; for my part I say that it...

Sleep, you say, is the image of death; for my part I say that it...

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...