"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."
-Rene Descartes
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"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.“
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"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems."
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"I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery."
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"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
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"You can't connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
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