René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic.
Born: March 31, 1596, France
Died: February 11, 1650,Sweden
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
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.
I think; therefore I am.
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
Conquer yourself rather than the world.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
There is nothing more ancient than the truth.
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
