For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
RENE DESCARTESThe greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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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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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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Nothing is made from nothing.
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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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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
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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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He who hid well, lived well.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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