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Life Quotes by Rene Descartes
- Just as we believe by faith that the greatest happiness of the next life consists simply in the contemplation of this divine majesty, likewise we…
- I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my life, that I…
- How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?
- When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates the waking state from the dream. How can you be…
- ... regard this body as a machine which, having been made by the hand of God, is incomparably better ordered than any machine that can…
- Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to…
- And I shall always hold myself more obliged to those by whose favour I enjoy uninterrupted leisure than to any who might offer me the…
- If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible,…
- I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen
- Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to ponder His attributes…
- Some years ago I was struck by the large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and by the highly…
- I am thing that thinks: that is, a things that doubts,affirms, denies, understands a few things, is ignorant of many things, is willing, is unwilling,…
- In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle