Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
RENE DESCARTESWhenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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Masked, I advance.
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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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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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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.
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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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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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