It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
RENE DESCARTESDivide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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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So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
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It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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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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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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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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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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