Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is.
Blaise PascalGod has given us evidence sufficiently clear to convince those with an open heart and mind.
Blaise PascalWhat a strange vanity painting is; it attracts admiration by resembling the original, we do not admire.
Blaise PascalThe only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders us from reflecting upon ourselves and which makes us imperceptibly ruin ourselves.
Blaise Pascal