It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well. – Rene Descartes
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
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. – Rene Descartes
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. – Rene Descartes
You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. – Elizabeth Warren