Quotes About Reason

Let reason govern desire.

The world had seen so many Ages: the Age of Enlightenment; of Reformation; of Reason. Now, at last, the Age of Desire. And after this, an end to Ages; an end, perhaps, to everything.

Reason is no match for desire: when desire is purely and powerfully felt, it becomes a kind of reason of its own.

When the heart craved something so forcefully, then reason became nothing but helpless observer.

I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.

I try to make sense of things. Which is why, I guess, I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am. There must be.

Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. A mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

No one should be put on trial without a valid reason. Former President Morsi must be treated with dignity. These are the conditions of national reconciliation.

We are not only less reasonable and less decent in our dreams... we are also more inteligent, wiser and capable of better judgment when we are asleep than when we are awake.

You want sweet dreams, lose the attitude and you might find I'll give you reason to have them.

Common sense without education, is better than education without common sense.

But every error is due to extraneous factors (such as emotion and education); reason itself does not err.

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

And, speaking generally, passion seems not to be amenable to reason, but only to force.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.

I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.

Character is everything. The reason people watch sports entertainment is to see people who are larger than life, but at the same time, there's something real about them.

At Chicago I offer a course on Emotion, Reason and the Law that law students just love. But I am not there as a lawyer, my job is to teach philosophy.

The reason for looking at a public listing instead of private capital is that I have always enjoyed running a public limited company.

Logic is no answer to passion.