The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to will the events for which they prepared the body. Rene Descartes More Quotes by Rene Descartes More Quotes From Rene Descartes We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe. Rene Descartes world The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts. Rene Descartes universe It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes teaching education inspirational Conquer yourself rather than the world. Rene Descartes conquer world De omnibus dubitandum Rene Descartes philosophical By 'God', I understand, a substance which is infinite, independent, supremely intelligent, supremely powerful, and which created both myself and everything else [...] that exists. All these attributes are such that, the more carefully I concentrate on them, the less possible it seems that they could have originated from me alone. So, from what has been said it must be concluded that God necessarily exists. Rene Descartes independent intelligent powerful Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. Rene Descartes spiritual attitude inspirational 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 real truth life Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. Rene Descartes philosophical simplicity encouragement An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? Rene Descartes optimistic running attitude Doubt is the origin of wisdom Rene Descartes aries thrive doubt Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude, I shall apply myself seriously and freely to the general destruction of all my former opinions. Rene Descartes peaceful solitude mind The only thing that I know, is that I know nothing Rene Descartes knows You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing. Rene Descartes perseverance women mistake It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false. Rene Descartes right-now perception dream Some years ago I was struck by the large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and by the highly doubtful nature of the whole edifice that I had subsequently based on them. I realized that it was necessary, once in the course of my life, to demolish everything completely and start again right from the foundations if I wanted to establish anything at all in the sciences that was stable and likely to last. Rene Descartes childhood numbers years Reason is nothing without imagination. Rene Descartes imagination reason I know that I exist; the question is, What is this 'I' that 'I' know. Rene Descartes knows knowledge I think; therefore I am. Rene Descartes humorous atheist inspirational The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood. Rene Descartes errors education teacher
