Masked, I advance.
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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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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When I turn my mind’s eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things…
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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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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 a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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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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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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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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