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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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I think; therefore I am.
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Myself Philosophy
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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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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Doubt One Liner Origin Philosophy Wisdom
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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Masked, I advance.
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Advance Mask Myself
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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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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Mathematics Myself
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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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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Apply Enough Mind Possess Right Vigorous
I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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Hid Himself Well
So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
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Forward Masked Myself Spectate Stage Theatre World
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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