Blaise Pascal Quotes

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without such a counterpoise, this dignity would make him horribly vain, or this humiliation would make him terribly abject.

Blaise Pascal

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• Desire
• Christianity
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  Blaise Pascal
  • God
  • Desire
  • Christianity