Quotes About Reason

For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.

If they love they know not why, they hate upon no better ground, they hate upon no better a ground

Love's reason's without reason

Love reasons without reason.

But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.

He despised causeless affection, just as he despised unearned wealth. They professed to love him for some unknown reason and they ignored all the things for which he could wish to be loved.

I cannot help it; reason has nothing to do with it; I love her against reason-but who would as soon love me for my own sake, as she would love the beggar at the corner.

We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little to do with each other.

Aren't we most aware of our animal natures when love or hunger or hatred burns through reason and encourages us to do exactly what we desire to do, with frequently tragic results?

love is a deeper season than reason; my sweet one

There is no reason not to love. There is no reason not to be joyous. There is no reason not to celebrate because all of this means nothing, absolutely nothing. So why not be happy?

Love is not reasonable. If we could assign it to the reasonable world, it would not be useful.

... reason andlove keep little company together now-a-days...

Sometimes... Reason and Love are met with a violent ignorance that even what's right gets lost. Our heart bleeds, but when does the blood shed end and the healing begin?

There is reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand.

Well, Professor, I know you always have a reason for what you do, but this certainly puzzles me. It is well we have no sceptic here, or he would say that you were working some spell to keep out an evil spirit. Perhaps

Siempre existe una causa para un efecto.

There is a method in his madness

Causes have a way of tainting your reason until a person takes much bigger risks than sanity would otherwise allow.

The good stupid is the brave kind. When there's a real reason behind. Bad stupid is everything else.

Seth wished he had kept the zombie hand. What a perfect souvenir from his first official mission as a Knight of the Dawn! Instead he had thrown it out of the jeep almost reflexively. Hearing all of those zombie voices must have temporarily scrambled his reason.

Do you know why I love mathematics? Because it blew your mind for free when you couldn't get drugs? Eccles snorted in surprise. Well, yes, but there's another reason.

back to the hotel, and that was why he'd

Written words, if carefully laid down, represent the civilized ideal of reason.