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

Quote by Rene Descartes

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An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist...

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist...

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which...

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which...

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

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

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

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by...

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by...

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I...

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I...

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of...

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of...

The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to...

The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to...

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of...

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of...

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the...

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the...

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone...

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone...

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest...

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest...

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man...

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man...

A mind too active is no mind at all

A mind too active is no mind at all