The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.

Quote by Rene Descartes

Topics: Dedication Quotes, Intuition Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

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 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...

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...

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...

Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody...

Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody...

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...

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...

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

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...

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

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

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 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 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...

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.

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...

I think therefore I exist.

I think therefore I exist.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned...

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned...

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you...

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you...