Evil is never done so thoroughly or so well as when it is done with a good conscience. - Blaise Pascal

Nothing is more common than good things: the point in question is only to discriminate them; and it is certain that they are all natural and within our reach and even known to all mankind.

We must sit by these rivers, not under or in them, but above, not standing upright, but sitting down, so that we remain humble by sitting, and safe by remaining above.

Miracles enable us to judge doctrine, and doctrine enables us to judge miracles.