“Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation”

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

To live well is to live concealed.

It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable

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.

The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.

For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.

At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.

To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.

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.

Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt

Masked, I advance.

There is nothing more ancient than the truth.

The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.

Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I’d always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily.

Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.