Quotes About Reason

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.

It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.

We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology.

Kindness is seen as weakness and intelligence worshiped, even when that intelligence allows unfathomable injustice and suffering to occur under its smart watch.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

There is nothing higher than reason.

For some dark reason you heretics come in droves to this House of God. Its light attracts you, but you are incapable of recognizing that.

Obstacles in life are similar to speed bumps on roads. They are both in place for a reason. So, slow down, be observant and make it to the end of the road successfully.

And where abolitionists preached slavery as a violation against the higher law, Southerners angrily countered with their own version of the deity, that it was sanctioned by the Constitution. In the vortex of this debate, once the battle lines were sharply drawn, moderate ground everywhere became hostage to the passions of the two sides. Reason itself had become suspect; mutual tolerance was seen as treachery. Vitriol overcame accommodation. And the slavery issue would not just fade away.

why are you ending our engagement then?" "Because of the reason you fought it" (The duel) "I don't understand." "I know

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.

Quand l'abÅ¿urde eÅ¿t outré, on lui fait trop d'honneur De vouloir par raiÅ¿on, combattre Å¿on erreur: Enchérir eÅ¿t plus court, Å¿ans s'échauffer la bile.

Inima î?i avea ra?iunile ei, ?i ra?iunea le cuno?tea.

Development is, ultimately, the progress of human freedom and capability to lead the kind of lives that people have reason to value.

And humanism—that transcendent vision that spans centuries and religions in its celebration of reason, responsibility, art, and examined lives—has been tossed out like old bathwater, leaving humanity naked and shivering on the dirty ground. He

It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.

Simply and plainly, April, because we need you. Is that not reason enough?

A society which discards those who are weak and non-productive risks exaggerating the development of reason, organisation, aggression and the desire to dominate. It becomes a society without a heart, without kindness - a rational and sad society, lacking celebration, divided within itself and given to competition, rivalry and, finally, violence.

He wants to plead not guilty by reason of grief. She knows grief is a kind of insanity. She knows.

Be happy, and the reason will appear.

As the months passed, even the strident voices from the newspapers had begun to moderate, and the passion to put Preston's neck in a noose had become subdued. It was a relief to Adams that with the trial now scheduled for October, he had time to work with Josiah Quincy to prepare a case based on law and reason. And it meant he could spend time with his family and enjoy the wonderful peace of the farm.

I'm not good with speeding," said Shirley, sounding more than a little anxious. "The speed limits are there for a reason. Cars aren't meant to go fast.

The linguist still believed in the superstition of logic

One of his [Rebbe Mikhal of Zlotchev] prayers: I have but one request; may I never use my reason against truth.