So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
RENE DESCARTESCommon 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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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.
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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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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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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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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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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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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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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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