In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
RENE DESCARTESWhenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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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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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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 live well is to live concealed.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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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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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.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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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 best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
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