In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
RENE DESCARTESFor to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
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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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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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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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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
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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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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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