Daily quote |
Blaise PascalIt is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause. It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason. Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established. Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. Law, without force, is impotent. |