Blaise Pascal Quotes

Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

I don't need faith.

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.

Question: What is the opposite of faith? Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself is a kind of belief. Doubt.

Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.

Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow what is possible.

I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.

Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead?

Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets.

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith.

There are people who wonder if faith is real. I can tell you, in my family there is not a second of doubt.

Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death.

I am willing to believe, but I do not have the gift of faith. I'm skeptical.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

I wouldn't like to be a non-believer in anything.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism.