Quote by Blaise Pascal

Those great spiritual efforts, which the soul sometimes assays, are things on which it does not lay hold. It only leaps to them, not as upon a throne, for ever, but merely for an instant.

Those great spiritual efforts, which the soul sometimes assa

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This quote suggests that the soul occasionally makes immense spiritual endeavors, but these efforts are not something it can fully grasp or retain. Rather, it briefly embraces them like a fleeting moment, rather than a perpetual state of being. It implies that true spiritual experiences are ephemeral and beyond our complete control, and only accessible for brief periods of time.

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By Blaise Pascal

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