Conquer yourself rather than the world.
RENE DESCARTESDoubt is the origin of wisdom.
More Rene Descartes Quotes
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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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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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One should never judge anything unless it is known
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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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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The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt
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Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.
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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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So far, I have been a spectator in this theatre which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.
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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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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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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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