Nothing is made from nothing.
RENE DESCARTESThe reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something.
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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake.
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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
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For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance
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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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