Quotes About Reason

He who exercises his reason and cultivates it seems to be both in the best state of mind and most dear to the gods.

Where there is evidence , no one speaks of faith . We do not speak of faith that two and two are four or that the earth is round . We only speak of faith when we wish to substitute emotion for evidence .

The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason.

As civilization progresses, the earthly sanctions become more secure and the divine sanctions less so. People see more and more reason to think that if they steal they will be caught and less and less reason to think that if they are not caught God will nevertheless punish them. Even highly religious people in the present day hardly expect to go to Hell for stealing. They reflect that they can repent in time, and that in any case Hell is neither so certain nor so hot as it used to be.

A filosofia, conforme entendo a palavra, é algo intermediário entre a teologia e a ciência. Como a teologia, consiste de especulações sobre assuntos a que o conhecimento exato não conseguiu até agora chegar, mas, como ciência, apela mais à razão humana do que à autoridade, seja esta a da tradição ou a da revelação.

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts. The less you know the hotter you get.

As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.

Ninguém pode negar, face aos indícios disponíveis, que é fácil, uma vez garantido o poder militar, produzir uma população de lunáticos fundamentalistas. Talvez fosse igualmente fácil produzir uma população de gente razoável e sã, mas muitos governos preferem não o fazer, visto que essas pessoas seriam incapazes de sentir admiração pelos políticos que lideram tais governos.

I wish to persuade the reader that, whatever the arguments may be, reason lays no embargo upon happiness; nay more, I am persuaded that those who quite sincerely attribute their sorrows to their views about the universe are putting the cart before the horse: the truth is that they are unhappy for some reason of which they are not aware, and this unhappiness leads them to dwell upon the less agreeable characteristics of the world in which they live.

It seems characteristic of the mind of man that the repression of what is natural to humans must be abhorred, but that what is natural to an infinitely more natural animal must be confined within the bounds of a reason peculiar only to men -- more peculiar sometimes than seems reasonable at all.

We who have accepted Christ as Savior are part of the most wonderful covenant God ever made with man. God loves us for a singular reason—because He chooses to.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.

Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.

Since when did scientific evidence become a reason to shy away from ecological action just because it wasn't popular?

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

Repetition for no reason is a sign of carelessness or pretentiousness, but there are plenty of good reasons to repeat words and phrases.

Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.

The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention.

Reason is just a means to an end, and the end depends on the reasoner's passions.

To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.

We glide about in a daze, disconnected from our reason.

The Greeks' sculpture and athletics celebrated the human form, their literature and music human passion, their discourse and philosophy human reason. In