Doe Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Man's greatness comes from knowing that he is wretched: a tree does not know it is wretched. Thus it is wretched to know that…

— Blaise Pascal

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

— Blaise Pascal

“One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and…

— Blaise Pascal

Man is so great that his greatness appears even in the consciousness of his misery. A tree does not know itself to be miserable.…

— Blaise Pascal

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of suffering : that is great,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this.…

— Simone Weil

Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

— Pope Francis

The recognition of human wretchedness is difficult for whoever is rich and powerful because he is almost invincibly led to believe that he is…

— Simone Weil

Great is the LORD and Greatly to be praised and His Greatness is unsearchable

— Salomon

“OFTEN WHEN OUR FALLING AND our wretchedness are shown to us, we are so ... greatly ashamed of ourselves that we scarcely know where…

— Lisa E. Dahill

Greatness knows itself.

— William Shakespeare