The two operations of our ...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.
The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.
 Rene Descartes

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

Quotes from the same author

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
 René Descartes
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
 René Descartes
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
 René Descartes
Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.
 Rene Descartes
The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations; and those who travel very slowly may yet make far greater progress, provided they keep always to the straight road, than those who, while they run, forsake it.
 Rene Descartes