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.
RENE DESCARTESConquer yourself rather than the world.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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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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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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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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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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