Christian Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Knowing God without knowing our wretchedness leads to pride. Knowing our wretchedness without knowing God leads to despair. Knowing Jesus Christ is the middle…

— Blaise Pascal

The man who knows God but does not know his own misery, becomes proud. The man who knows his own misery but does not…

— Blaise Pascal

The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge…

— Blaise Pascal

Without the knowledge of our wretchedness, the knowledge of God creates pride. With it, the knowledge of God creates despair. The knowledge of Christ…

— 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…

— Blaise Pascal

“Those who have known God without knowing their own wretchedness have not glorified him but themselves.”

— Blaise Pascal

“since it was impossible, without God, to come to a knowledge of God, He teaches men, through His Word, to know God.”

— The Church Fathers

The Christian religion, [Pascal] claims, teaches two truths: that there is a God who men are capable of knowing, and that there is an…

— William Lane Craig

“Know then thyself; presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A…

— Alexander Pope

“A lowly knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deep searching of a man’s learnings. Not that learning is to…

— Thomas à Kempis

“the Lord taught us that no man is capable of knowing God, unless he be taught of God; that is, that God cannot be…

— The Church Fathers

“But where's the man, who counsel can bestow, Still pleas'd to teach, and yet not proud to know? Unbias'd, or by favour or by…

— Alexander Pope