I am terrified and astounded to find myself here

“When I consider the short extent of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the small space that I fill or even see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces unknown to me and which know me not, I am terrified and astounded to find myself here and not there.”

— Blaise Pascal, 1670
French mathematician, philosopher, and writer

Today’s Invitation

Reflect with awe that you are here.

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  • Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Following a religious experience in late 1654, he began writing influential works on philosophy and theology.

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