The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations

Quote by Rene Descartes

Topics: Mind Quotes

I think therefore I exist.

I think therefore I exist.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

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...

Everything is self-evident.

Everything is self-evident.

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly...

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly...

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

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

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...

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...

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...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

Achievement is impossible without dedication.

Achievement is impossible without dedication.

Success focuses on the six D's: Desire, Determination, Discipline, Devotion, Dedication, and Destiny.

Success focuses on the six D's: Desire, Determination, Discipline, Devotion, Dedication, and Destiny.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...