“ And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable. Rene Descartes
“ 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.… Rene Descartes
“ Although we very clearly see the sun, we ought not therefore to determine that it is only of the size which our sense of sight presents; and we may very distinctly imagine the head of a lion joined to… Rene Descartes
“ Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something. Rene Descartes
“ I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen Rene Descartes
“ Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it. Rene Descartes
