In order to improve the mind, we ought less learn than to contemplate. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The entire method consists in the order and arrangement of the things to which the mind's eye must turn so that we… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to will the events for which they prepared… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
There is a great difference between mind and body insomuch as body is by nature always divisible, and the mind is entirely… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Its not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well :) — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The mind effortlessly and automatically takes in new ideas, which remain in limbo until verified or rejected by conscious, rational analysis. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“When I turn my mind's eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Even if I were to suppose that I was dreaming and whatever I saw or imagined was false, yet I could not… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
There is a difference between happiness, the supreme good, and the final end or goal toward which our actions ought to tend.… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations; and those who travel… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Intuition is the undoubting conception of a pure and attentive mind, which arises from the light of reason alone, and is more… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Situations in life often permit no delay; and when we cannot determine the course which is certainly best, we must follow the… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Be that as it may, there is fixed in my mind a certain opinion of long standing, namely that there exists a… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Even the mind depends so much on temperament and the disposition of one's bodily organs that, if it is possible to find… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The rainbow is such a remarkable phenomenon of nature, and its cause has been so meticulously sought after by inquiring minds throughout… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“My third maxim was to endeavour always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world,… — René Descartes Copy Share
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears. — Rene Descartes Copy Share
So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope… — Rene Descartes Copy Share
“For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. The greatest minds, as they… — René Descartes Copy Share
“It is useful to know something of the manners of different nations, that we may be enabled to form a more correct judgment regarding… — René Descartes Copy Share
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. — Rene Descartes Copy Share
[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For… — Rene Descartes Copy Share
“And what more am I? I look for aid to the imagination. [But how mistakenly!] I am not that assemblage of limbs we call… — René Descartes Copy Share
“And, in fine, of false sciences I thought I knew the worth sufficiently to escape being deceived by the professions of an alchemist, the… — René Descartes Copy Share
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. — Rene Descartes Copy Share
If I go for the alternative which is false, then obviously I shall be in error; if I take the other side, then it… — Rene Descartes Copy Share
Neither the true nor the false roots are always real; sometimes they are imaginary; that is, while we can always imagine as many roots… — Rene Descartes Copy Share
It is only intelligence that is divided equally between people because everybody thinks he/she is enough wise — René Descartes Copy Share
