For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
RENE DESCARTESThe 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.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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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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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
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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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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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Masked, I advance.
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