French
Philosopher,
Scientist and
Author
(March 31,
1596 -
February 11,
1650)
"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems."
"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."
"I think; therefore I am."
"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."
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."
"An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?"
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."
"To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say."
"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it."
