Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Quote by Rene Descartes

Topics: Joy Quotes

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the...

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

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.

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to...

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to...

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...

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed

I think therefore I exist.

I think therefore I exist.

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be...

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be...

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have...

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have...

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

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...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it...

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...

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so...

Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so...

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...

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too...

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too...

Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the...

Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the...

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the...

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the...

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire,...

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire,...

Thinking is like loving or dying. Each of us must do it for ourselves.

Thinking is like loving or dying. Each of us must do it for ourselves.