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
Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.
Blaise Pascal
The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.
Blaise Pascal
Imagination decides everything.
Blaise Pascal
Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.
Blaise Pascal
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
Blaise Pascal
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
A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.
Blaise Pascal
We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.
Blaise Pascal
Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.
Blaise Pascal
When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.
Blaise Pascal
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
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
Blaise Pascal
Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.
Blaise Pascal
Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.
Blaise Pascal
