They [men] have corrupted this [God's supernatural] order by making profane things what they should make of holy things, because in fact, we believe … - Blaise Pascal

We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so. (Page 10)

The word ‘enemy’ is therefore ambiguous, but if he says elsewhere, as he does, that he will deliver his people from their sins,1 as do Isaiah2 and others, the ambiguity is removed, and the double meaning of enemies reduced to the single meaning of iniquities.

I have often said the soul cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in a room. (Page 32)