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. – 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
Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel. – Michael Morpurgo