The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
RENE DESCARTESThe greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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Mind and soul of the man is entirely different from the body.
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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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When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
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I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.
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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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To live well is to live concealed.
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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
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I think; therefore I am.
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Conquer yourself rather than the world.
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Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation
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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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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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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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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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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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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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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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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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With me, everything turns into mathematics.
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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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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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To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
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