For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
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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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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 a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.
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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 will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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