All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
RENE DESCARTESDoubt is the origin of wisdom.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
-
-
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.
RENE DESCARTES -
To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
RENE DESCARTES -
At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
RENE DESCARTES -
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.
RENE DESCARTES -
He who hid well, lived well.
RENE DESCARTES -
The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
RENE DESCARTES -
I think; therefore I am.
RENE DESCARTES -
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…
RENE DESCARTES -
But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.
RENE DESCARTES -
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
RENE DESCARTES -
The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
RENE DESCARTES -
One should never judge anything unless it is known
RENE DESCARTES -
For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
RENE DESCARTES -
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
RENE DESCARTES -
For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
RENE DESCARTES






