Quotes by : Rene Descartes

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also....

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived....

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.....

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.

It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.