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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
Simplicity
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Everything is self-evident.
Reality
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
Thoughts and Thinking
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I think therefore I am.
Thoughts and Thinking
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It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Mind
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The reading of all good books is like a conversation with all the finest men of past centuries.
Books - Reading
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To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
Behavior
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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
Insults
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun