Quotes About Reason

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.

The essence of philosophy is the abandonment of all authority in favor of individual human reason.

Reason is only one part of the souls economy and requires a balance of the other parts in order to function properly.

Men are likely to bring what are only their prejudices to the judgment of alien peoples. Avoiding that is one of the main purposes of education. But trying to prevent it by removing the authority of mens reason is to render ineffective the instrument that can correct their prejudices.

The regime established here [in the U.S.] promised untrammeled freedom to reasonnot to everything indiscriminately, but to reason, the essential freedom that justifies the other freedoms, and on the basis of which, and for the sake of which, much deviance is also tolerated. An openness that denies the special claim of reason bursts the mainspring keeping the mechanism of this regime in motion.

Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd.

Imagine how titanic an echo chamber this great city would seem without the noise of eve none of mine. A huge bronze bell deprived of one hidden small iron clapper, its sole reason for being, its single means of song.

Uma teoria não pode ser aceita como verdadeira senão com a cláusula de satisfazer a razão e dar conta de todos os fatos que abrange; se um só fato lhe trouxer um desmentido, é que não contém a verdade absoluta.

porque no hay fe inalterable sino la que puede mirar frente a frente a la razón en todas las edades de la humanidad".

Quando se vê um fato que não se compreende, e quanto mais extraordinário ele é, mais suspeitas desperta e mais o pensamento se esforça para lhe dar uma causa vulgar; se ele, porém, for compreendido, é logo admitido por ter uma razão de ser, desaparecendo assim o maravilhoso e o sobrenatural

I have chosen not to name any particular ship because its identity is not relevant to my story. The fact is that a ship was there. And for whatever reason, that ship did nothing.

Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them.

No one needs a reason to hurt people, it happens all the time.

Who is that?" Macey asked. "The reason I wasn't flirting with you," Hale told her.

The enduring assumption that human behaviour is governed by innate morality and reason is at odds with the persistence of human deprivation, inequality, injustice, misery, brutality and conflict.

A good governance paradigm that limits excesses of human nature and ensures an atmosphere of happiness and productivity by promoting reason and dignity is required.

Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions.

God creates a world containing evil and has a good reason for doing so.

It seemed that some part of my battling soul remained my own. For slowly, as if I was wading through soft, wet, sucking sand, I began to fight back. I threw myself against the fear, forcing it into submission. And as a small amount of daylight cleared amid the blackness, I recognized this for what it was. I'd just been attacked. And instantly reason returned.

The heart knows no logic, and rarely corresponds with the brain.

This one is from the immortals series i cant remember what book. Damen to Ever While we may judge things as good or bad, karma doesn't, ts a simple case of like gets like the ultimate balancing act, nothing more nothing less, and if your determined to fix every situation you deem as bad or difficult or some how unsavoury, then you rob the person of their own chance to fix it, learn from it or grow from it, some things no matter how painful happen for a reason.

Ma io persisto a credere che la ragione migliore per suicidarsi è la paura della morte.

Pojurila sam u krajolik. Oh, kako je divno tr?ati! Prostor osloba?a od svega. Nema te patnje koja se ne može odagnati rasipanjem sebe u svemiru. Zar bi svijet bez razloga bio tako velik? Jezik ima pravo: ute?i zna?i spasiti se. Ako umireš, kreni. Ako patiš, pokreni se. Kretanje je jedini zakon.

Comment ai-je pu choisir d'être moi ? Pour la raison qui préside l'immense majorité des choix : par l'inconscience. Si on se rendait compte, on ne choisirait pas de vivre.