"If you want to be a real..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Our reason is always disappointed by the inconstancy of appearances.”

“Eloquence; it requires the pleasant and the real; but the pleasant must itself be drawn from the true.”

“It is not certain that everything is uncertain.”

“It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.”

“If you simply try to tell the truth you will, nine times out of ten, be original without ever having noticed it.”

“Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.”

“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”

“It is only doubt that creates.”

“One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living.”