Blaise Pascal Quotes

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Believing that there is no God does not mean that there isn't one.

It never really occurred to me to believe in God.

Belief in God is an act of faith. But so is believing our existence is simply the result of chance.

I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.

Intellectually, now, I believe that it is a complete vanity to say positively there is no God.

Rather than say he's an atheist, a friend of mine says, 'I'm a tooth fairy agnostic,' meaning he can't disprove God but thinks God is about as likely as the tooth fairy.

I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.

I am surprised that anyone can profess to be an atheist.

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exists.

I consider myself a religious person, but when it comes to God and faith, I don't know. I guess that means I'm agnostic.

That's true that I'm "not religious as that term is conventionally understood," though I've never been an atheist. Atheism is an active faith; it says, "I believe there is no God." But I don't know what I believe. I was brought up a Lutheran in Jamestown, North Dakota. I have trouble with faith. I'm not proud of this. I don't think it makes me an intellectual. I would believe if I could, and I may be able to before it's over. I would welcome that.

If it were proven that there is no God there would be no religion. ...But also if it were proven that there is a God, there would be no religion.

Do I believe in God? Can't answer, I'm afraid. I'm not being flippant, but I don't understand the question. What is it that I am supposed to believe or not believe in? Are you asking whether I believe there is something not in the universe (or the universes, if there are (maybe infinitely) many of them), and that somehow stands above them? I've never heard of any reason for believing that.

I believe in God, but I'm not too clear on the other details.

God is only a word dreamed up to explain the world

Do you believe in God, doctor?" No - but what does that really mean? I'm fumbling in the dark, struggling to make something out. But I've long ceased finding that original.

As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one can prove that there is not a God. On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think that I ought to say that I am an Atheist, because, when I say that I cannot prove that there is not a God, I ought to add equally that I cannot prove that there are not the Homeric gods.

Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to.

I don’t understand how people can believe in God, even when I myself think of him everyday.

I am not an atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds.

I don’t believe in God as you imagine Him to be, but I believe in many things that you could never even dream of.

He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.

When it comes to God's existence, I'm not an atheist and I'm not agnostic. I'm an acrostic. The whole thing puzzles me.

I am an agnostic as to the question of God.