"I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error."
Rene Descartes"I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake."
Rene Descartes"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."
Rene Descartes"A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed."
Rene Descartes"I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery."
Rene Descartes"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems."
Rene Descartes"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once."
Rene Descartes"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."
Rene Descartes