For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
RENE DESCARTESWith me, everything turns into mathematics.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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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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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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I took especially great pleasure in mathematics because of the certainty and the evidence of its arguments.
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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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The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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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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You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
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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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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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