Famous Reason Quotes
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
No real blood flows in the veins of the knowing subject constructed by Locke, Hume, and Kant, but rather the diluted extract of reason as a mere activity of thought.
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
True friends celebrate your wins louder than you do and sit with you in your lows without needing a reason. They choose you — in the good, in the hard, and in the quiet in-between.
They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.
Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
Reason is the enemy of faith.
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.