Quotes About Reason

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach

Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community

So long as you are a slave to the opinions of the many you have not yet approached freedom or tasted its nectar¦ But I do not mean by this that we ought to be shameless before all men and to do what we ought not; but all that we refrain from and all that we do, let us not do or refrain from merely because it seems to the multitude somehow honorable or base, but because it is forbidden by reason and the god within us.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

Everyone, My hair is better then fu..ing anyones! My hair is the reason we started the band, cause I couldnt sing, and they were like, well just look at his hair! and I was like, fine, you can look. but you cant touch.

Io credo che tutto accada per una ragione. Le persone cambiano perché tu possa imparare a lasciarle andare via. Le cose vanno male perché tu le possa apprezzare quando invece vanno bene, credi alle bugie perché poi imparerai a non fidarti di nessuno tranne che di te stesso, e qualche volta le cose buone vanno in pezzi perché cose migliori possano accadere.

I believe things happen for a reason. People change so that  you can learn to let go, things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually start to trust no one but yourself, & sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

El materialismo, nuestro interés exclusivo en lo que es accesible a la razón y que se enmarca en las dimensiones del espacio y del tiempo, nos ha vuelto ciegos a aquello que las supera y que solo es accesible a la intuición y a la imaginación.

A veces hay corazonadas de la razón que el corazón no entiende.

Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason. —Sir John Harrington

The man who feels fear without cause is a fool; but the man is twice a fool who does not feel fear when there is cause.

Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the reason empires fall.

I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake, evil does exist in the world. A nonviolent movement could not have stopped Hitler's armies. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism—it is a recognition of history, the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.

Ultimately, for this process to work, you must choose consistency over every other reason or justification you have for trading. If all of these ingredients are sufficiently present, then regardless of the internal obstacles you find yourself up against, what you desire will eventually prevail.

What I mean by crazy is irrational. There are four ways in which the people you deal with can be irrational: •?They can't see the world clearly. •?They say or think things that make no sense. •?They make decisions and take actions that aren't in their best interest. •?They become downright impossible when you try to guide them back to the side of reason.

Utopianism substitutes glorious predictions and unachievable promises for knowledge, science, and reason, while laying claim to them all.

Locke said that there is a circle of freedom surrounding each person and all people at birth. And within that circle is the absolute human right to live and live freely. This is a natural right born of natural law or the law of nature. It is divine and eternal, unalterable by mankind. Moreover, man also has the ability to reason. And it is through reason that he discovers and discerns natural law, his natural rights, and their application to all of humanity.

Locke said that there is a circle of freedom surrounding each person and all people at birth. And within that circle is the absolute human right to live and live freely. This is a natural right born of natural law or the law of nature. It is divine and eternal, unalterable by mankind. Moreover, man also has the ability to reason. And it is through reason that he discovers and discerns natural law, his natural rights, and their application to all of humanity. Let

For the progressive, the answer is the centralized administrative state, where the individual is coerced in infinite ways, as willed by the machinery of the state. As such, reason transforms into will, which in turn transforms into an ideological pursuit of control and power. Actual science, reason, and knowledge are abandoned. Yet

people of tradition, faith, and custom do not reject science or reason, but they do not worship them, either. They have learned and experienced the value of eternal truths and past wisdom, including from the ancients, which reflects the basis of America's founding, as concisely set forth in the Declaration of Independence.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.