Blaise Pascal

If he exalt himself, I humble him if he humble himself, I exalt him: and I always contradict him, till he understands that he is an incomprehensible monster.

Blaise Pascal

If ignorance were bliss, he’d be a blister.

Blaise Pascal

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.

Blaise Pascal

If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest.

Blaise Pascal

If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.

Blaise Pascal

If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it’s possible, in everything.

Blaise Pascal

Imagination cannot make fools wise, but it makes them happy, as against reason, which only makes its friends wretched: one covers them with glory, the other with shame.

Blaise Pascal

In every action we must look beyond the action at our past, present and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all these things.

Blaise Pascal

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.

Blaise Pascal

In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.

Blaise Pascal