Quotes About Reason

Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.

Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to men is one of the reasons that Man is the image of God.

Mathematics in general is fundamentally the science of self-evident things.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

Science is the only savior.

A fact is like a sack which won't stand up if it's empty. In order that it may stand up, one has to put into it the reason and sentiment which caused it to exist.

Science is almost totally incompatible with religion.

We should never forget that God granted us the power to reason so that we would do His work here on Earth - so that we would use science to cure disease, and heal the sick, and save lives.

But we have reason to think that the annihilation of work is no less a physical impossibility than its creation, that is, than perpetual motion.

I believe that the more thoroughly science is studied, the further does it take us from anything comparable to atheism.

Practically, Science is true; and Faith is foolish.

The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason.

I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man's life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.

Eventually we will all wither and die in the wasteland of logic and science.

There may be a conflict between softminded religionists and toughminded scientists, but not between science and religion.

It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.

God pity the man of science who believes in nothing but what he can prove by scientific methods; for if ever a human being needed divine pity, he does.

Without the English, reason and philosophy would still be in the most despicable infancy in France.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.

You can believe what you want religiously. Religion is one thing, but science, provable science, is something else.

When superstitions enter the world of imagination, then intelligence and science become fiction.

To fall for the notion of a 'double truth' and argue there was one set of truths for reason and another for faith and never the two shall meet made nonsense of the idea of truth itself.

The greatest gift you can leave to humanity is the beautiful trace you left behind yourself that invites people to reason, science and peace!

Yes, rules are made to be broken -- but ONLY if you have a damn good reason for doing it.