God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is.
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Original Citation
Pascal, Blaise. Pensées. 1662, no. 229
Current Citation
Pascal, Blaise. Pensées. Translated by A. J. Krailsheimer. Penguin, 1995, no. 229.