Blaise Pascal Quotes

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

Be the first to see what you see as you see it.

The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.

To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.

Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

I love that perhaps we don't see the things that are there because we have no yardstick to see things by, to compare them.

With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.

When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

Taste is the feminine of genius.

Youth sees too far to see how near it is To seeing farther.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

In addition to giving comfort and joy, art also has the miraculous ability to let us live in other men's skins, to test our perceptions and beliefs against theirs, and perhaps to be changed as a result. It does this by portraying the world creatively, heightening our perception and enriching our understanding of things as they are.

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

O, would some Power give us, To see ourselves as others see us!

Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

Men's wisdom increases with reference to what lies before them.

I see things with my own eyes, just as if they were the first eyes that ever saw, and then I set about to tell, as best I can, just what I've seen.

You can't buy vision, and you can't buy aesthetic.

Everything is not serious. If you don't like what I'm saying, change the channel - don't look at me, don't buy a ticket. You either get it or you don't, and it's fascinating because it's usually intelligent people with a sense of humor who get it.

I like to tell my own story using my personality and my insight, the way I see things.