Quotes About Rationality

This tendency to defend a belief structure is true in all cases, even the rational. Never underestimate our ability to convince ourselves of what we wish to be true, especially if we have invested time and money in our beliefs.

rationality can easily unveil the futility of life and lead to depression—as the stereotype of the extremely smart, but world-weary, educated man (often portrayed as a detective, philosopher, or doctor) suggests. As such, the rational worldview has its limits.

The trans-rational spiritual approach is a simple concept with wide-ranging practical implications. There are three major components involved: (1) not denying rationality, (2) pursuing the experience of a peaceful internal state, and (3) allowing that inner peace to guide behavior.

Even if one understands that what one is doing is mad, it is indeed still madness -

Good intentions are useless in the absence of common sense. —JAMI, BAHARISTAN

Experience has not taught them as yet to a sufficient degree that men never shape their conduct upon the teaching of pure reason.

Hebben de goden ons geen verstand gegeven om mee te denken en te oordelen?

El más sencillo argumento de la realidad es inalcanzable para el ficcionador más delirante.

To argue with those who have renounced the use and authority of reason is as futile as to administer medicine to the dead.

Not by accident, he made scientists seem less than perfect rationalists.

Well excuse me, if I treat people like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fancy asses, and viewing them as if they were unable to stand alone.

No matter what your thoughts are they are not crazy so long as they are not crazy to you!

It's not true that I escaped from reality. There is always some reason in my madness.

When chaos loomed, reason and accountability went out of the window.

Unfortunately, addicts don't respond to reason or rationality.

In fact, in more cases than not, when we are rational, we're actually unhappy. Emotion is good; passion is good. Being into what we're into, provided that it's a healthy pursuit, it's a good thing.

You have to be just as mistrustful of straightforward rationality in business as you do of a uniquely gut approach.

Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.

Faith is not a rational thing, and yet to understand the universe, rationality alone will not give it to us. Our understanding of the universe must transcend the rational.

The Enlightenment ideal, which all universities claim to endorse, is that everyone should think for themselves.

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more rational and lucid than the girls and women he gets to know during his analytic hours.

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.