--- title: "15 Natural Reason Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 15 Natural Reason quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Natural Reason sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/jonathan-c-250021_life_we-re-all-borne-for-a-natural-reason-dis_1063522.jpg" --- > [''we're all borne for a natural reason, discovering your reason for living on earth is the ladder to your opportunity''](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-c/we-re-all-borne-for-a-natural-reason-discovering-your-reason-for/) [Jonathan C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/jonathan-c-250021_life_we-re-all-borne-for-a-natural-reason-dis_1063522.jpg) > [It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-would-be-superfluous-to-receive-by-faith-things-that-can-be-known/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/thomas-aquinas-837_faith_it-would-be-superfluous-to-receive-by-fa_2803090.jpg) > [If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/if-it-was-natural-to-reason-god-punishes-men-with-eternal-torment-it/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/joseph-mccabe-26676_causes_if-it-was-natural-to-reason-god-punishes_970183.png) > [If equity and human natural reason were allowed there would be no law, there would be no lawyers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/if-equity-and-human-natural-reason-were-allowed-there-would-be-no-law/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/christina-stead-2325_equity_if-equity-and-human-natural-reason-were_2828076.png) > [I cannot find any great difference, on the basis of natural reason and equity only, between feeding on human flesh and feeding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-cheyne/i-cannot-find-any-great-difference-on-the-basis-of-natural-reason-and/) [George Cheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-cheyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/george-cheyne-106657_animal_i-cannot-find-any-great-difference-on-th_2788884.png) > [Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/every-man-carries-about-him-a-touchstone-if-he-will-make-use-of-it-to/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/john-locke-814_appearance_every-man-carries-about-him-a-touchstone_2734649.jpg) > [No doubt the testimony of natural reason, on whatever exercised, must, of necessity, stop short of those truths which it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-herschel/no-doubt-the-testimony-of-natural-reason-on-whatever-exercised-must/) [John Herschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-herschel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/john-herschel-18983_absurd_no-doubt-the-testimony-of-natural-reason_572215.jpg) > [Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/reason-is-natural-revelation-whereby-the-eternal-father-of-light-and/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/john-locke-814_communicate_reason-is-natural-revelation-whereby-the_1922990.jpg) > [The fact is that the truth of harmony and human brotherhood derives not from an absorbed trance but from an awakened prajñâ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-swarup/the-fact-is-that-the-truth-of-harmony-and-human-brotherhood-derives/) [Ram Swarup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-swarup/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/ram-swarup-85475_awakened_the-fact-is-that-the-truth-of-harmony-an_2792230.jpg) > [For just as the first general precepts of the law of nature are self-evident to one in possession of natural reason, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/for-just-as-the-first-general-precepts-of-the-law-of-nature-are-self/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/thomas-aquinas-837_believe_for-just-as-the-first-general-precepts-o_973086.jpg) > [It is a dogma of the Roman Church that the existence of God can be proved by natural reason. Now this dogma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/it-is-a-dogma-of-the-roman-church-that-the-existence-of-god-can-be/) [Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/ludwig-wittgenstein-582_catholic_it-is-a-dogma-of-the-roman-church-that-t_378528.jpg) > [“Our natural reason tells us that good people finish first and cheaters never prosper. However, believers have no right to God’s common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/our-natural-reason-tells-us-that-good-people-finish-first-and/) [Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/michael-s-horton-7082_good-people_our-natural-reason-tells-us-that-good-pe_401298.jpg) > [What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-taylor/what-can-be-more-foolish-than-to-think-that-all-this-rare-fabric-of-3/) [Jeremy Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/jeremy-taylor-4089_able_what-can-be-more-foolish-than-to-think-t_2935538.jpg) > [But having considered everything which has been said, one could by this believe that the earth and not the heavens is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-oresme/but-having-considered-everything-which-has-been-said-one-could-by/) [Nicole Oresme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-oresme/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/nicole-oresme-108488_argument_but-having-considered-everything-which-h_1465282.jpg) > [We are not to renounce our senses and experience, nor (that which is the undoubted Word of God) our natural Reason. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/we-are-not-to-renounce-our-senses-and-experience-nor-that-which-is/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/thomas-hobbes-1127_blessed_we-are-not-to-renounce-our-senses-and-ex_2738028.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/natural-reason/#itemlist", "name": "Natural Reason Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "''we're all borne for a natural reason, discovering your reason for living on earth is the ladder to your opportunity''", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan C" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-c/we-re-all-borne-for-a-natural-reason-discovering-your-reason-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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