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God Quotes by Blaise Pascal

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There is a God-shaped hole in the life of every man. Reason cannot decide whether God exists, leaving an infinite chaos that feels like a game. Happiness is described as being both inside and outside of God, making the question of existence both incomprehensible and essential.

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The eternal Being is forever if he is at all.

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Faith is a gift of God.

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Not only do we know God through Jesus Christ, we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ.

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Happiness is neither within us only, or without us; it is the union of ourselves with God

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The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

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There is a God-shaped hole in the life of every man.

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Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.

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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.

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Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.

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Nothing is more dastardly than to act with bravado toward God.

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There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only…

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“Jesus is a God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.”

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When we would think of God, how many things we find which turn us away from Him, and tempt us to think…

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“What must I do? I see nothing but obscurities on every side.' 'Shall I believe I am nothing? Shall I believe I…

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That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.

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Either God exists or He doesn't. Either I believe in God or I don't. Of the four possibilities, only one is to…

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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…

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The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the night of God.

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The God of Christians is a God of love and comfort, a God who fills the soul and heart of those whom…

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What use is it to us to hear it said of a man that he has thrown off the yoke that he…

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Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not having revealed so much of Himself; and…

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The exterior must be joined to the interior to obtain anything from God, that is to say, we must kneel, pray with…

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We know then the existence and nature of the finite, because we also are finite and have extension. We know the existence…

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Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all,…

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God is, or He is not." But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite…

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We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false that numbers…

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“Let man then contemplate the whole of nature in her full and lofty majesty, let him turn his gaze away from the…

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The God of the infinite is the God of the infinitesimal.

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If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?

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Why God has instituted Prayer:— To communicate to his creatures the dignity of causation.

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If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest.

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It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.

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He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace.

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If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the saints and God.

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God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness…

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We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver…

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Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars. I will not forget thy…

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Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

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