Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see, it is above, not against them.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about faith
Quotes by Blaise Pascal, page 2
129 quotes by Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal - french mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher
Was born on 19 jun 1623.
Died on 19 aug 1662, at 39 years old.
Died on 19 aug 1662, at 39 years old.
Origin country: France
Faith is different from proof, the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about faith, gifts, human imperfections, god
Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about friendship
Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about happiness, god
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about truth, duty, god, end
Human beings must be known to be loved, but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about love, human imperfections
I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man without thought, he would be a stone or a brute.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about opinion, heads, man, thinking
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room
Quote by Blaise Pascal about revelation, human imperfections, being, man
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about opinion, time
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about world
If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about man, world
If our condition were truly happy, we would not need diversion from thinking of it in order to make ourselves happy.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about happiness, thinking, order, need
If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about past, future
If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about religion, things
If you gain, you gain all, if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exists.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about nothing
Imagination disposes of everything, it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about imagination, justice, beauty, happiness, world
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.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about action, present, past, future, state, things
