Blaise Pascal Quotes

I like to hide behind my intellect. But the truth is, unless all of us start getting honest about what the reality is, things aren't going to change. If we all keep pretending that we know stuff and if everyone else would do what we knew and everything would be a better place, then nothing is going to change.

Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them.

Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.

I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And that's why, over the years, in my movies I've had characters who didn't care what people thought about them. We try to be as true to them as possible and maybe see part of ourselves in there that we may not like.

Of all the things I could know, my own faults and weaknesses are pretty much the most important.

Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

I know it was raw in some places, and I was a jerk in some places, but that's the way I was, and I was stupid.

Your character is always right. No real person thinks they're being stupid or misguided or bigoted or evil or just plain wrong - so your characters can't, either.

I'm drawn to playing characters who are terribly flawed and have no idea about it.

A protective self-narrative during conflict and duress sometimes obscures us from seeing the worst in ourselves. When the self-sustaining haze lifts after that conflict has subsided, we may recognize in ourselves the flaws the other saw in us at the time that we didn't have the emotional bandwidth to examine in the moment.

But I am not perfect in my way of putting things Because I lack the divine simplicity Of being only what I appear to be.

O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'tis the mode of the day: but the acknowledgment passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up.

It's sometimes easier to reject strong evidence than to admit that we've been wrong, this is information about ourselves worth having.

Only a man who cannot conquer his deficiencies feels the need to convince the world that he has none.

What we cut off from our other faults is very often but so much added to our pride.

Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?

How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.

It's a funny thing about weaknesses....Most people will tell you they know their weaknesses. When asked, they'll tell you, 'Well for one thing, I'm overgenerous.' ... that's what innkeepers are for.

We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.