The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it.
Blaise PascalIt is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
Blaise PascalBeauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us.
Blaise PascalWhen we would show any one that he is mistaken, our best course is to observe on what side he considers the subject,--for his view of if is generally right on this side,--and admit to him that he is right so far. He will be satisfied with this acknowledgment, that he was not wrong in his judgment, but only inadvertent in not looking at the whole case.
Blaise Pascal