Quotation

by French Mathematician Blaise Pascal? "I look on all sides, and see only darkness everywhere. "Nature presents to me, nothing but doubt and concern. "If I saw nothing there which revealed a Divinity, "I would come to a negative conclusion. "If I saw everywhere the signs of a Creator, "I would remain peacefully in faith. "But, seeing too much to deny and too little to be sure, "I am in a state to be pitied. "I have 100 times wished that if a God maintains nature, "it should testify to Him unequivocally. "If the signs Nature gives are deceptive, "He should suppress them fully. "Nature should say everything or nothing "so I see which cause to follow. "But in my present state, "ignorant of what I am or of what I must do, "I know neither my condition nor my duty "My heart inclines to know where is the true good in order to follow it. "Nothing would be too dear to me for eternity. "