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title: "33 Faith Quotes By Blaise Pascal"
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> [Faith is a gift of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/faith-is-a-gift-of-god/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [I know whom I have believed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/i-know-whom-i-have-believed/)

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> [If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/if-a-man-is-not-made-for-god-why-is-he-happy-only-in-god/)

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> [“There are three sources of belief: reason, custom, inspiration.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-are-three-sources-of-belief-reason-custom-inspiration/)

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> [To deny, to believe, and to doubt well, are to a man what the race is to a horse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/to-deny-to-believe-and-to-doubt-well-are-to-a-man-what-the-race-is-to/)

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> [Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/faith-is-different-from-proof-the-latter-is-human-the-former-is-a/)

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> [We must make good people wish that the Christian faith were true, and then show that it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-must-make-good-people-wish-that-the-christian-faith-were-true-and/)

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> [Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/faith-embraces-many-truths-which-seem-to-contradict-each-other/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [It is not possible to have reasonable grounds for not believing in miracles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/it-is-not-possible-to-have-reasonable-grounds-for-not-believing-in/)

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> [Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/faith-is-a-sounder-guide-than-reason-reason-can-only-go-so-far-but/)

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> [It is the heart which experiences God, and not the reason. This, then, is faith: God felt by the heart, not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/it-is-the-heart-which-experiences-god-and-not-the-reason-this-then-is/)

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> [Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/faith-certainly-tells-us-what-the-senses-do-not-but-not-the-contrary/)

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> [People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/people-almost-invariably-arrive-at-their-beliefs-not-on-the-basis-of/)

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> [No man ever believes with a true and saving faith unless God inclines his heart; and no man when God does incline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/no-man-ever-believes-with-a-true-and-saving-faith-unless-god-inclines/)

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> [Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/faith-indeed-tells-what-the-senses-do-not-tell-but-not-the-contrary/)

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> [We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-like-security-we-like-the-pope-to-be-infallible-in-matters-of/)

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> [In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/in-faith-there-is-enough-light-for-those-who-want-to-believe-and/)

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> [Faith affirms many things, respecting which the senses are silent, but nothing that they deny. It is superior, but never opposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/faith-affirms-many-things-respecting-which-the-senses-are-silent-but/)

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> [There is a virtuous fear, which is the effect of faith; and there is a vicious fear, which is the product of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-is-a-virtuous-fear-which-is-the-effect-of-faith-and-there-is-a/)

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> [We do not weary of eating and sleeping every day, for hunger and sleepiness recur. Without that we should weary of them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-do-not-weary-of-eating-and-sleeping-every-day-for-hunger-and/)

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> [The heart has its reasons, which Reason does not know. We feel it in a thousand things. It is the heart which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-heart-has-its-reasons-which-reason-does-not-know-we-feel-it-in-a/)

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> [Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convinced. But to those who do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/therefore-those-to-whom-god-has-imparted-religion-by-intuition-are/)

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> [It is certain that those who have the living faith in their hearts see at once that all existence is none other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/it-is-certain-that-those-who-have-the-living-faith-in-their-hearts/)

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> [Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/belief-is-a-wise-wager-granted-that-faith-cannot-be-proved-what-harm/)

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> [ \[Unbelievers\] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth when they have spent a few hours in reading some… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/unbelievers-think-they-have-made-great-efforts-to-get-at-the-truth/)

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> [The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. We feel it in a thousand things. I say that the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-heart-has-its-reasons-of-which-reason-knows-nothing-we-feel-it-in/)

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> [There are three means of believing--by inspiration, by reason, and by custom. Christianity, which is the only rational institution, does yet admit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-are-three-means-of-believing-by-inspiration-by-reason-and-by/)

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> [The will is one of the chief factors in belief, not that it creates belief, but because things are true or false…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-will-is-one-of-the-chief-factors-in-belief-not-that-it-creates/)

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> [It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/it-is-the-heart-which-perceives-god-and-not-the-reason-that-is-what/)

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> [If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/if-we-regulate-our-conduct-according-to-our-own-convictions-we-may/)

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> [“Do not be astonished to see simple people believing without argument. God makes them love him and hate themselves. He inclines their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/do-not-be-astonished-to-see-simple-people-believing-without-argument/)

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> [All men are almost led to believe not of proof, but by attraction. This way is base, ignoble, and irrelevant; every one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/all-men-are-almost-led-to-believe-not-of-proof-but-by-attraction-this/)

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> [ \[Christianity\] endeavors equally to establish these two things: that God has set up in the Church visible signs to make himself known… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/christianity-endeavors-equally-to-establish-these-two-things-that-god/)

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## More by Blaise Pascal

> [“Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/do-they-think-that-they-have-given-us-great-pleasure-by-telling-us/)

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> [There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-should-be-in-eloquence-that-which-is-pleasing-and-that-which-is/)

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> [The method of not erring is sought by all the world. The logicians profess to guide it, the geometricians alone attain it, and apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-method-of-not-erring-is-sought-by-all-the-world-the-logicians/)

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> [When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/when-we-read-too-fast-or-too-slowly-we-understand-nothing/)

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> [Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/mahomet-established-a-religion-by-putting-his-enemies-to-death-jesus/)

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> [Reflect on death as in Jesus Christ, not as without Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ it is dreadful, it is alarming, it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/reflect-on-death-as-in-jesus-christ-not-as-without-jesus-christ/)

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> [The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-stoics-say-retire-within-yourselves-it-is-there-you-will-find/)

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> [Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/happiness-can-be-found-neither-in-ourselves-nor-in-external-things/)

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> [Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/amusement-that-is-excessive-and-followed-only-for-its-own-sake/)

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> [Rivers are highways that move on and bear us whither we wish to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/rivers-are-highways-that-move-on-and-bear-us-whither-we-wish-to-go/)

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> [We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-desire-truth-and-find-within-ourselves-only-uncertainty-we-seek/)

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> [Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-effect-of-love-as-in-the-case/)

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> [“There is no denying it; one must admit that there is something astonishing about Christianity. 'It is because you were born in it,' they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-is-no-denying-it-one-must-admit-that-there-is-something/)

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> [Imagination is the deceptive part in man, the mistress of error and falsehood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/imagination-is-the-deceptive-part-in-man-the-mistress-of-error-and/)

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> [The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-majority-is-the-best-way-because-it-is-visible-and-has-strength/)

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                        "text": "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.",
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                        "text": "[Unbelievers] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth when they have spent a few hours in reading some book out of Holy Scripture, and have questioned some cleric about the truths of the faith. After that, they boast that they have searched in books and among men in vain.",
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                        "text": "There are three means of believing--by inspiration, by reason, and by custom. Christianity, which is the only rational institution, does yet admit none for its sons who do not believe by inspiration. Nor does it injure reason or custom, or debar them of their proper force; on the contrary, it directs us to open our minds by the proofs of the former, and to confirm our minds by the authority of the latter.",
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