Pun intended.
This is probably my favorite thought/quote from Blaise Pascal. Except perhaps his quote on happiness.
What is man in nature? A nothing compared to the infinite, a whole compared to the nothing, a middle point between all and nothing, infinitely remote from an understanding of the extremes . . . equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed. . .
Let us then realize our limitations. We are something and we are not everything. Such being as we have conceals from us the knowledge of first principles, which arise from nothingness, and the smallness of our being hides infinity from our sight.
Our intelligence occupies the same rank in the order of intellect as our body in the whole range of nature.
Limited in every respect, we find this intermediate state between two extremes reflected in all our faculties. Our senses can perceive nothing extreme; too much noise deafens us, too much light dazzles; when we are too far or too close we cannot see properly; an argument is obscured by being too long or too short; too much truth bewilders us.
—Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 61-63 (emphasis mine)
I love this quote because it reminds me of how humble I should be about what I think I know. It's also good to keep in mind as I prepare for our conference theme this year.
Praise God that he has not left us lost in the middle. He has spoken. And what is more, he has entered in.
