Famous Quotes | Nothing is so important to man...

Nothing is so important to man as his own state; nothing is so formidable to him as eternity. And thus it is unnatural that there should be men indifferent to the loss of their existence and to the perils of everlasting suffering. - Blaise Pascal
Attribution: Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French scientist, philosopher. repr. Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago (1952). Pensées, no. 194 (1670), trans. J.M. Dent & Sons, London (1931).

Categories: Death, Hell, Indifference, Philosopher, Scientist

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