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Quotes About Rationality

a new faith is to capture our imagination, it must be one that will account rationally for the things we know, the things we feel, the things we hope for, and the ones we dread. It must be a system of beliefs that will marshal our psychic energy toward meaningful goals, a system that provides rules for a way of life that can provide flow.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
When people experience strong emotion, they can't hear logic.
~ Unknown
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
~ Unknown
Good sense avoids all extremes, and requires us to be soberly rational. This unbending and virtuous stiffness of ancient times shocks too much the ordinary customs of our own; it requires too great perfection from us mortals; we must yield to the times without being too stubborn; it is the height of folly to busy ourselves in correcting the world.
~ Moliere
What do I believe? I believe that two and two make four, Sganarelle, and that four and four are eight.
~ Moliere
Hem dünyada kim var, hayat?nda bir kez olsun akl?n? kaybetmeyen?
~ Moliere
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.
~ Moliere
Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.
~ Morris Kline
Logic is a kitchen grater.
~ Unknown
The more you think with your brain, not your heart. The more you fear your life.
~ Unknown
Always use the sharp knife of the philosophers to make sense at anything presented before you and come to the land of logic.
~ Unknown
Fanaticism must be put to death and allow reason to prevail over ignorance.
~ Unknown
Fear is the absence of reasoning.
~ Unknown
Our feelings can still deceive us sometimes. They should always be followed with reason, just to make sure everything is according to plan.
~ Unknown
The concept of chakras put its crown on the head. This means that rationality or mentalism is superior to mere emotions or feelings of the heart.
~ Unknown
The wise man has always treated religions with respect, not adoration nor blind following alone. He's more logical rather than emotional.
~ Unknown
The woman lives in the present moment than a man, therefore, she must be emotional. As long as man lives in the future, he must therefore be a rational being.
~ Unknown
Using the philosophical language —Some people are less rational than others because it's not given to every mind to think straight.
~ Unknown
Using the psychological language—Some people are less rational than others, because they are caught up in BEING instead of focusing in BECOMING too. Time is continuous.
~ Unknown
We can be free only through the application of reason, valuing our togetherness and cultivating our minds to find inspiration in everything that we undertake.
~ Unknown
You must become a rational being that is capable to balance everything, big and small acts in life.
~ Unknown
rationality has less to do with following scholarly procedures and more to do with becoming a saint.
~ Unknown
Reason without emotion is often a mask for cruelty; emotion without reason can allow people to excuse all sorts of excesses.
~ Nalini Singh
All of science is largely formalized common sense.
~ Nancy Pearcey