Conquer yourself rather than the world.
RENE DESCARTESThe will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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Masked, I advance.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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 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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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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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