“My third maxim was to try always to master myself rather than fortune and change my desires rather than changing how things stand in the world.” — Descartes Copy Share Image
“To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.” — Descartes Copy Share Image
“...it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.” — DESCARTES Copy Share Image
“that the grace of fable stirs the mind"...and..."that the perusal of excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“My third maxim was to try always to master myself rather than fortune and change my desires rather than changing how things stand in… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“. . .it is not my design to teach the method that everyone must follow in order to use his reason properly, but only… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“Instead of René Descartes' famous "Cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), I propose "Communico ergo sum," (I communicate, therefore I exist") as… — Descartes Copy Share Image
“It is good to know something of the customs of different people in order to judge more soundly of our own, and so that… — Descartes Copy Share Image
