Just as I do not know where I came from, so I do not know where I am going. All I know is that when I leave this world I shall fall forever into oblivion, or into the hands of an angry God, without knowing which of the two will be my lot for eternity. Such is my state of mind, full of weakness and uncertainty. The only conclusion I can draw from all this is that I must pass my days without a thought of trying to find out what is going to happen to me. β¨ Blaise Pascal, James M. Houston (2006). The Mind on Fire: Faith for the Skeptical and Indifferent, p.120, David C Cook
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