The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
RENE DESCARTESIn 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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For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance
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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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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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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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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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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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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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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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
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