Blaise Pascal Quotes

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart." - Blaise Pascal

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.

Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God.

Love is wiser than wisdom.

We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and reason, which has nothing to do with it, tries in vain to refute them.

Your mind is reason, your heart is your conscience, and in your heart - you will find truth. This is why Truth is always recognized first by the heart. Our minds are simply there to reason with our conscience. The only thinking that matters is that which passes through the heart. Your heart is what connects you to the light of God. He who acts through his heart, truly stands by God.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

I think it's important to understand the concrete ways things work and to respect that. But some things shouldn't be explained, and you have to respect that, too.

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right.

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

Faith is a poison that paralyzes the mind. In all the days of your life, seek knowledge!

The truth is that the right decision often can't be led with either head or heart exclusively.