We will always have enough reasons to justify what we…

It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined…

— Morris Raphael Cohen

“But faith is not belief in the history of Christ, as the godless think, but belief in the purpose of Christ’s incarnation, crucifixion, and…

— Philip Melanchthon

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify…

— Samuel Richardson

We are making it very clear to all countries that nothing justifies terrorism. There are no political reasons that justify it; there is no…

— Antonio Guterres

“Law, being a practical thing, must found itself on actual forces. It is quite enough, therefore, for the law, that man, by an instinct…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

People don't need to find reasons to justify their not giving. What they need to find is the inspiration to give. And those who…

— Andrew Tobias

“Arrogance and selfishness are not the only reasons behind our loneliness, but most often we used to be alone because of them.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

But man is so addicted to systems and to abstract conclusions that he is prepared deliberately to distort the truth, to close his eyes…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“You are all my reasons.”

— Sylvia Nasar

“The right thing was confusing, and difficult, and sometimes Jason wondered if it was in fact a nonexistent ideal, like heaven or the American…

— Thomas Mullen

“Where logic reaches, religion leaves.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“The right thing to do is doing whatever you think is the right. Because everything you do, people will not consider them right unless…

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Religion, like science, is only noteworthy when it emphasizes a matter of what is true rather than whose belief is greater or lesser or…

— Criss Jami

Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are…

— Tim Wise

The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;…

— Eric Hoffer