Daily quote |
Blaise PascalVanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves. We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it. We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured. We never love a person, but only qualities. We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting. We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it. We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike. |