In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious. Blaise Pascal on future
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus. Blaise Pascal on god
Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. Blaise Pascal on god
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. Blaise Pascal on god
Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. Blaise Pascal on god
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 Pascal on god
Faith is different from proof the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. Blaise Pascal on god
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. Blaise Pascal on god
That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it. Blaise Pascal on god
It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist. Blaise Pascal on god
The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him. Blaise Pascal on god
The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice. Blaise Pascal on god
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants. Blaise Pascal on good
Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. Blaise Pascal on great
The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion. Blaise Pascal on great
The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it. Blaise Pascal on great
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched. Blaise Pascal on great
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. Blaise Pascal on great
Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. Blaise Pascal on happiness
Imagination disposes of everything it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. Blaise Pascal on happiness