Motivational Quote by Rene Descartes — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“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.”

“I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen”

“Dubium sapientiae initium (Doubt is the origin of wisdom).”

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”

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

“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.”

“intellectual and moral blindness is a dilemma which man inflicts upon himself by his tragic misuse of freedom and his failure to use his mind to it's fullest capacity.”

“Although you can’t go back in time and alter your natural level of potential, you can determine how much of that ability you tap into, exploit and develop for the future.”

“The cosmos is neither moral or immoral; only people are. He who would move the world must first move himself.”

“Intent without dedicated action is simply not enough. Action without a clear intent is a waste. It is when these two powerful forces are aligned that the energy of the universe conspires in your favor.”

“You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right”