Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
RENE DESCARTESOne should never judge anything unless it is known
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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Masked, I advance.
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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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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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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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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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