To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.
RENE DESCARTESLet 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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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Nothing is made from nothing.
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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 destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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