If there were no obscurity, man would not be sensible of his corruptio… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

If there were no obscurity, man would not be sensible of his corruption; if there were no light, man would not hope for a remedy. Thus, it is not only fair, but advantageous to us, that God be partly hidden and partly revealed; since it is equally dangerous to man to know God without knowing his own wretchedness, and to know his own wretchedness without knowing God.

Place: SECTION VIII · ¶1720
License: Public domain · Source
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