This carelessness in a matter which concerns themselves, their eternit… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

This carelessness in a matter which concerns themselves, their eternity, their all, moves me more to anger than pity; it astonishes and shocks me; it is to me monstrous. I do not say this out of the pious zeal of a spiritual devotion. I expect, on the contrary, that we ought to have this feeling from principles of human interest and self-love; for this we need only see what the least enlightened persons see.

Place: SECTION III · ¶573
License: Public domain · Source
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