Rene Descartes on doubt
Rene Descartes54 quotes“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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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes To live well is to live concealed.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable
Rene DescartesRene Descartes 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.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes 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.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes Am I so tied to a body and senses that I am incapable of existing without them?
Rene DescartesRene Descartes Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
Rene DescartesRene Descartes Masked, I advance.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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More on doubt
Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration.
David RicardoDavid Ricardo I love playing it, I just never thought I’d make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me.
Kevin DurantKevin Durant Doctor, you don’t know what it is to doubt everything, even yourself. No, you don’t; you couldn’t with eyebrows like yours.
Bram StokerBram Stoker So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.
Kevin DurantKevin Durant Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.
Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis My job, my whole life, I’ve always had that kind of doubter, people have always doubted me. And I don’t know how I would succeed without it. So I welcome it, and it gives me a challenge, and I will see if I can live up to my challenge.
Dwyane WadeDwyane Wade Dare to believe, and then dare to speak, and you shall have whatsoever you say if you doubt not.
Smith WigglesworthSmith Wigglesworth Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.
John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes
