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.
RENE DESCARTESAt last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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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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I think; therefore I am.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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