Quotes by Rene Descartes

Explore a curated collection of 14 quotes by Rene Descartes. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. — Rene Descartes
I think therefore I am. — Rene Descartes
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I — Rene Descartes
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. — Rene Descartes
I think therefore I am. — Rene Descartes
It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well. — Rene Descartes
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. — Rene Descartes
It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well. — Rene Descartes
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. — Rene Descartes
I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. — Rene Descartes
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. — Rene Descartes
The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquis — Rene Descartes
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. — Rene Descartes
Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare. — Rene Descartes