“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 Better things 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 Courses Copy Share Image
The principal use of prudence, of self-control, is that it teaches us to be masters of our passions, and to so control… — Rene Descartes Anger Copy Share Image
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must… — Rene Descartes Desire Copy Share Image
“The majority of men is composed of two classes, for neither of which would this be at all a befitting resolution: in… — René Descartes Confidence Copy Share Image
I accept no principles of physics which are not also accepted in mathematics. — Rene Descartes Accepted Copy Share Image
It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because… — Rene Descartes Comparison Copy Share Image
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. — Rene Descartes Dreams Copy Share Image
We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe. — Rene Descartes Funny Copy Share Image
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes Books Copy Share Image
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those… — Rene Descartes Discovery Copy Share Image
How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream? — Rene Descartes Certain Copy Share Image
In order to improve the mind, we ought less learn than to contemplate. — Rene Descartes Mind Copy Share Image
“The third, to conduct my thoughts in such order that, by commencing with objects the simplest and easiest to know, I might… — René Descartes Knowledge Copy Share Image
I am thinking, therefore I exist. (...) I was a substance whose whole essence or nature is solely to think, and which… — Rene Descartes Body Copy Share Image
And I shall always hold myself more obliged to those by whose favour I enjoy uninterrupted leisure than to any who might… — Rene Descartes Enjoy Copy Share Image
It's the familiar love-hate syndrome of seduction: "I don't really care what it is I say, I care only that you like… — Rene Descartes Care 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 Argument Copy Share Image
“For ’tis not enough to have good faculties, but the principal is, to apply them well.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. — Rene Descartes Offended Copy Share Image
If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what… — Rene Descartes Ifs Copy Share Image
We never understand a thing so well,and make it our own, as when we have discovered it for ourselves. — Rene Descartes Funny Copy Share Image
“But even if all agreed together, it would not be enough to have their teachings. For we shall never be mathematicians, say,… — René Descartes Education Copy Share Image
“Clearly divine grace and natural knowledge never diminish liberty, but rather increase and strengthen it.” — René Descartes Divine grace Copy Share Image
I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; on the contrary, my… — Rene Descartes Certainty Copy Share Image
