Blaise Pascal. (№ 430604)

Man is just a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. It is not necessary for the entire universe to take up arms to crush him: steam, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the Universe crushed him, man would still be nobler than his killer, because he knows that he is dying and that the Universe has an advantage over him. The universe knows none of this.