Nothing is made from nothing.
RENE DESCARTESBut what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.
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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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