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.
Those we call the ancients were really new in everything. - Blaise Pascal
Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.
- Blaise Pascal
Let each of us examine his thoughts - Blaise Pascal
Let each of us examine his thoughts
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 … - Blaise Pascal
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 …
We are never in search of things, but always in search of the search. - Blaise Pascal
We are never in search of things, but always in search of the search.
Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to… - Blaise Pascal
Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to…
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. - Blaise Pascal
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine… - Blaise Pascal
Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine…
We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers. - Blaise Pascal
We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers.
Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years. - Blaise Pascal
Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
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