Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
RENE DESCARTESI think; therefore I am.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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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 in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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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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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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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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In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me.
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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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He who hid well, lived well.
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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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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I think; therefore I am.
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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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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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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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To live well is to live concealed.
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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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