For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does not see that old age in this universal man ought not to be sought in the times nearest his birth, but in those most remote from it
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Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not having revealed so much of Himself and you will also give Him thanks for not having revealed Himself to haughty sages, unworthy to know so holy a God.Blaise Pascal
Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations for nothing is simple which is presented to the soul, and the soul never presents itself simply to any object. Hence it comes that we weep and laugh at the same thing.
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When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.
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It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.
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Let us wager the gain and the loss is wagering that God is. Let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all if you lose, you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is.
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Nature has some perfections to show that she is the image of God, and some defects to show that she is only His image.
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