The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. – Rene Descartes
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. – 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
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. – Rene Descartes
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it. – Ellen Goodman