Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
RENE DESCARTESTo live well is to live concealed.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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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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It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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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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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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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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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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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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