We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Topics: Life Quotes

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against...

It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against...

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a...

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a...

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it...

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he...

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he...

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear...

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be...

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be...

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends...

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends...

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.