The supreme function of reason is to show man that some…

The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.

— Enoch Powell

What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly. Then if…

— Mark Twain

To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only…

— Plutarch

“God does stupid things sometimes, but there’s always a reason, Ryan, always. Hold onto that.” I”

— A.M. Johnson

Reason cannot show itself more reasonable than to cease reasoning on things above reason.

— Philip Sidney

“I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since…

— Lorraine Hansberry

I know that I have done many things to give you reason not to listen to me

— Sinead O'Connor

“There is this error of thinking that things always have a reason that is accessible to us—that we can comprehend easily.”

— Anonymous

God gave me these things for a reason, not just talent on the field, but other opportunities to be a light to people.

— Trevor Lawrence

I really believe that God puts things in front of you for a reason, even if you don't always appreciate it in the moment.

— Amanda Borden

“I'm scared of a lot of things. That's no reason to try.”

— Mila Ferrera

I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered…

— Karin Slaughter

She said she’d often wondered why she wanted to do some things and not do other things at all. Well, it was obvious with…

— Jeanette Winterson

Peter Keating: "Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever do things…

— Ayn Rand

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

— Victor Hugo