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> [We know the truth, not only be the reason, but also be the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-know-the-truth-not-only-be-the-reason-but-also-be-the-heart/)

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

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> [The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-two-principles-of-truth-reason-and-senses-are-not-only-both-not/)

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

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> [The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-heart-has-its-reasons-which-reason-knows-nothing-of-we-know-the/)

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> [We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-know-the-truth-not-only-through-our-reason-but-also-through-our/)

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

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> [We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-know-the-truth-not-only-by-the-reason-but-also-by-the-heart/)

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

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> [The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-heart-has-its-reasons-which-reason-knows-nothing-of-we-know-the-2/)

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

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> [We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-know-truth-not-only-by-the-reason-but-also-by-the-heart/)

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

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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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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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