For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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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.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.
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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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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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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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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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I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me.
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I think; therefore I am.
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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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