To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
RENE DESCARTESExcept our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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He who hid well, lived well.
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I think; therefore I am.
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To live well is to live concealed.
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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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When I turn my mind’s eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things…
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
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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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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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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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