“With me, everything turns into mathematics.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“Dubium sapientiae initium. (Doubt is the origin of wisdom.)”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“My third maxim was to try always to master myself rather than fortune and change my desires rather than changing how things stand in the world.”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)
“De omnibus dubitandum. (Doubt everything.)”
― René Descartes (1596-1650)