I am in the utmost perplexity, yand have wished a hundred times, that if there is a A God, nature would manifest him without ambiguity, and that if there is not, every imaginary sign of his existence might vanish : in short, let nature speak distinctly, or be totally silent, and I shall know what course to take.
Blaise PascalMan is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.
Blaise PascalThe great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state.
Blaise Pascal