Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.)
René DescartesTags: thinking latin life-and-living mottos
Conquer yourself rather than the world.
René DescartesIf 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.
René DescartesGood sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses.
René DescartesCommon sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
René DescartesTags: humor common-sense irony
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
René DescartesAnd thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable.
René DescartesTags: wisdom truth logic rationality
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
René DescartesTags: words reading books literature
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
René DescartesBecause reason...is the only thing that makes us men, and distinguishes us from the beasts, I would prefer to believe that it exists, in its entirety, in each of us...
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