When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. -Rene Descartes Power
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. -Rene Descartes Science
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. -Rene Descartes Good
The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. -Rene Descartes Alone
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 Hope
The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. -Rene Descartes Knowledge
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. -Rene Descartes Time
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. -Rene Descartes Government
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. -Rene Descartes Trust
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 Life
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 Truth
I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. -Rene Descartes Amazing
