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

Quote by Rene Descartes

Topics: Ability Quotes, Intelligence Quotes, Mind Quotes, Talent Quotes, Thinking Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

Everything is self-evident.

Everything is self-evident.

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...

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least...

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least...

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

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...

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...

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...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it...

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it...