Quotes by Blaise Pascal

“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.”

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”

“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.”

“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.”

“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”

“Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.”

“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.”

“In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.”

“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”

“The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.”

“Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.”

“Jesus Christ came to tell men that they have no enemies but themselves.”