Quotes About Reason

Ang sagot sa dahas ay dahas, kapag bingi sa katuwiran.

Happiness and joy are not the same. For what does the fervent craving for joy mean? It does not mean that we wish at any cost to experience the psychic state of being joyful. We want to have reason for joy, for an unceasing joy that fills us utterly, sweeps all before it, exceeds all measure.

The delight we take in our senses is an implicit desire to know the ultimate reason for things, the highest cause. The desire for wisdom that philosophy etymologically is is a desire for the highest or divine causes. Philosophy culminates in theology. All other knowledge contains the seeds of contemplation of the divine.

Devotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song.

one thing that is often missing from conscious awareness is the reason or motivation for why a particular behavior was produced.

The top 10% of the people who are most creative, constructive and thoughtful, do not have much to do with churches. To them the canons of reason come first, making faith secondary and questionable.

A successful politician must not only be able to read the mood of the public, he must have the skill to get the public on his side. The public is moved by mood more than logic, by instinct more than reason, and that is something that every politician must make use of or guard against.

Regardless of the reason why the nap works, it appears to be of practical value. Obviously, people in controlled environments

I am too tired to explain that I don't agree--to say that, however much of a disappointment Chuck may have been at the end, there were many earlier moments when this was not the case and that I see no good reason why his best self-manifestations should not be the basis of one's final judgement. We all disappoint, eventually.

Evolutionary theory suggests that we should embrace all of our emotions, as each has an important role to play under the right circumstances. So, though you may seek ways to increase happiness, don't haphazardly push away your sadness. No doubt, it's there for good reason.

It is certain that no man can be firmly and honestly convinced of the non-existence of God. For, in the first place, no human being enjoying the full use of reason can find a really conclusive argument for the thesis that there is no God.

To allow a baptized child, when he attains the use of reason, to choose freely between the true and a false re ligion, to decide whether he will keep the holy law of God or repudiate it at pleasure, betrays rank indifferent-ism.

For the world to follow, we must do more than rattle our sabers and demand allegienace to our vision simply because we believe we are right. We must provide a reason for others to aspire to that vision. And that reason must come with more than the repetition of a bumper-sticker phrase about freedom and democracy. It must come with more than the restatement of failed policy. It must come with the wisdom to admit when we are wrong and resolve to change course and get it right.

Stellen wir die Vernunft in den Dienst dessen, wozu sie uns gegeben ist: nämlich in den Dienst der Liebe.«

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.

be angry with him," Ravenpaw meowed. "That's good thinking, Crowpaw. Thinking like a warrior, in fact. Where you're going, you must trust nothing and no cat without very good reason.

En la fe el espíritu descansa; en la razón vive; en el amor goza; sólo en el dolor adquiere conciencia.

A dream worth chasing. For the last five years, the Hunt had given me a goal and purpose. A quest to fulfill. A reason to get up in the morning. Something to look forward to.

Now numbers are the sole criterion; and numbers are certainly no proof of reason, justice or capacity.