Quotes About Reasoning

It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

consideres, quid tuae rationes postulent.

There was no arguing with a man when he started saying thing like that -- using logic as a weapon.

If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?

Simpler theories may be more convenient to work with, but they are not intrinsically more probable than complex ones.

According to many philosophers, there is a purely logical reason why science will never be able to explain everything. For in order to explain something, whatever it is, we need to invoke something else. But what explains the second thing?

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

He'd run in debt by disputation,And pay with ratiocination.

I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.

Like many profound and unexamined fears, this one breeds irrationality, causing many people to suspend all logic and refuse to participate in rational discourse.

And part of being American is respecting all people's right to be whatever they want to be and at the same time respecting your own right to bitch about it, as long as you're educated and can reason your way through your bitching.

My family thought if I spent time in the military, I'd become more reasonable, a bit calmer. But I've always been extreme in what I do - both as a believer and a nonbeliever.

Mathematicians use intuition, conjecture and guesswork all the time except when they are in the classroom.

You are pooped and demoralised," read Dwayne. "Why wouldn't you be? Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable.

Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time.

There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time.

Che cos'è l'insonnia se non la maniaca ostinazione della nostra mente a fabbricare pensieri, ragionamenti, sillogismi e definizioni tutte sue, il suo rifiuto di abdicare di fronte alla divina incoscienza degli occhi chiusi o alla saggia follia dei sogni? L'uomo che non dorme - da qualche mese a questa parte ho fin troppe occasioni di constatarlo su me stesso - si rifiuta più o meno consapevolmente di affidarsi al flusso delle cose.

Les escarmouches avec les théologiens avaient eu leur charme, mais il savait fort bien qu'il n'existe aucun accommodement durable entre ceux qui cherchent, pèsent, dissèquent, et s'honorent d'être capables de penser demain autrement qu'aujourd'hui, et ceux qui croient ou affirment croire, et obligent sous peine de mort leurs semblables à en faire autant. (L'acte d'accusation)

Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation.

Among reasonable men problems of business could always be solved.

No profieras amenaza alguna. Razona con la gente.» El arte del razonamiento consistía en desoír todos los insultos, todas las amenazas; algo así como poner la otra mejilla.

No existía ninguna atmósfera mejor que la del dinero para entrar en razones.

Qué clase de hombres seríamos si careciéramos de la facultad de razonar?