Quotes About Reason

Nature's tears are reason's merriment.

To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.

Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.

For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts.

The people naturally adhere most to doctrines which demand the least self-exertion and the least use of their own reason, and which can best accommodate their duties to their inclinations.

In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes, ) which nature cannot repair.

Man is a logical machine run by the scoundrels of emotions.

You are brighter than the sunlight and bolder than a rainbow. You are the reason spring was created in the first place.

Unconditional parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason.

I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new; While if our Elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon but Applause.

Giving yourself is the ultimate revolution.

Only he to whom God is present in everything and who employs his reason in the highest degree and has enjoyment in it knows anything of true peace and has a real kingdom of heaven.

Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, not peace.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind.

We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corporate madness.

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

God is a philosophical black hole-the point where reason breaks down.

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

There are two conflicting philosophies that I love: "Everything happens for a reason," as well as "you can change everything that you have control over."

Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.