Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would not have known there was anything amiss. Blaise Pascal More Quotes by Blaise Pascal More Quotes From Blaise Pascal If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything. Blaise Pascal god-and-life if-there-is-a-god believe Either Christianity is true or it's false. If you bet that it's true, and you believe in God and submit to Him, then if it IS true, you've gained God, heaven, and everything else. If it's false, you've lost nothing, but you've had a good life marked by peace and the illusion that ultimately, everything makes sense. If you bet that Christianity is not true, and it's false, you've lost nothing. But if you bet that it's false, and it turns out to be true, you've lost everything and you get to spend eternity in hell. Blaise Pascal good-life heaven believe Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years. Blaise Pascal suicide death years There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational, and the third foolish and unhappy. Blaise Pascal three unhappy people Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. Blaise Pascal truth-is love religion There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart. Blaise Pascal vacuums spiritual heart Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness. Blaise Pascal pride knowing jesus Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen. Blaise Pascal fading endurance limits We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything. Blaise Pascal addiction limits wisdom People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. Blaise Pascal attractive belief people Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name! Blaise Pascal names helping littles Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size. Blaise Pascal investing soul truth Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives. Blaise Pascal islam enemy jesus The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. Blaise Pascal inspirational love life I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn't than live as if he doesn't exist to find out He does. Blaise Pascal god-exists ifs doe We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are. Blaise Pascal eye real people Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. Blaise Pascal accomplish-nothing kindness character Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Blaise Pascal gains faith wise All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal men rooms world Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself. Blaise Pascal humility humble thinking
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