But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.
RENE DESCARTESTo live well is to live concealed.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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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 only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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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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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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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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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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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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