Quotes by Rene Descartes

Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to...

#Common Sense

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

#Doubt, #Philosophy, #Thought

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

#Doubt

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

#Ability, #Intelligence, #Mind

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

#Joy

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

#Optimism

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

#Power, #Thinking

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

#Perfection

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

#Philosophy

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

#Reputation

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

#Senses

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

#Senses