112 quotes found
“I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth or reason. They cannot be reached by a rational argument. The mind is powerless against them. Yet ...”
“The relationship between truth and reason:"Truth cannot be reached by reason alone!”
“I writeNotFor the sake of gloryNot For the sake of fameNotFor the sake of successBut for the sake of my soul”
“The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.”
“When silence greets you, listen for those powerful words lost within the void of reason...”
“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”
“The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.”
“Stephanie had no problem doing what shewas told, just so long as she was given a good reason why sheshould.”
“There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force; and if a gradual reform should not be made in our language, i...”
“Misuse of reason might yet return the world to pre-technological night; plenty of religious zealots hunger for just such a result, and are happy to use the latest technology to effect it.”
“there are times when life's ends are so raveled that reason and sense cry out that we stop and gather them together again before we can proceed”
“Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.”
“Reasons aren't really things that make you do other things. Reasons are things that you make up, much later, to reassure everyone that we are all logical and that the world makes sense. We do unrea...”
“When our patterns are threatened by new facts, reason is seldom the victor: 'I know what I think, so don't go confusing me with new opinions.”
“Simply to acquiesce in skepticism can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason.”
“She was aware that reason had left the room. She was not sorry to see it go.”
“Perhaps, if I use my reason in good faith, I may suceed in discovering some ray of probability to lighten me in the dark night of nature. And if this faint dawn which I seek does not come to me, I ...”
“There is no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve.”
“Everything feels like the end of the world, and you can't reason with someone who can't see tomorrow.”
“If you will not hear reason, she'll rap your knuckles.”
