Quotation by

Blaise Pascal

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.

Blaise Pascal

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Pascal is saying that reasonable people either fully commit to loving God because they have a personal relationship with Him, or they passionately search for God because they have not yet found Him. In both cases, their reasonableness is shown through wholehearted devotion or sincere seeking.

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