RENE DESCARTES FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT SELF

“Cogito, ergo sum.”

(I think, therefore I am.)

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”

“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”

“I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.”

“The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.”

“I resolve henceforth to think only of extending my knowledge in ways that are helpful to myself and others.”

“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”

“Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.”

“It is not enough to know how to use your mind; the essential thing is to apply it correctly.”

“I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.”

“Because reason…is the only thing that makes us men, and distinguishes us from the beasts, I would prefer to believe that it exists.”

“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.” GIVING GOOD ADVICE QUOTES

“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.”

“A state is better governed which has few laws and those laws strictly observed.”

“The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.”

“I am quite conscious that this undertaking is laborious, and I am content if I succeed only in removing a little prejudice.”

“All sciences are necessary for the greater perfection of philosophy.”

“Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.”

“Mathematics is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other that has been bequeathed to us by human agency.”

“It is possible and necessary to follow reason while dealing with matters of faith.”

“The end of study should be to know what it is we do not yet know.”

“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to apply it well.”

“Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it…”

“I have no choice but to strive to become more perfect every day.”