I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
RENE DESCARTESTruths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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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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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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.
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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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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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