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Man is only a reed, the feeblest reed in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the entire universe to arm itself in order to annihilate him. A vapour, a drop of water suffices to kill him. Yet were the universe to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which slays him because he knows that he dies and the advantage the universe has over him; of this the universe knows nothing. Thus all our dignity lies in thought. By thought we must raise ourselves, not by space and time which we cannot fill. Let us strive then to think well - therein is the principle of morality.
taken from:
Pensees LXXXVII page 46
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