Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.
Blaise PascalAll mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.
Blaise PascalImagination magnifies small objects with fantastic exaggeration until they fill our soul, and with bold insolence cuts down great things to its own size, as when speaking of God.
Blaise PascalI maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
Blaise Pascal