Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
“Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity as a whole is changeful, mystical,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most specifically, irrationality means that rational systems are unreasonable systems. By that I mean that they deny the basic humanity, the human… — George Ritzer Copy Share Image
But I still read Shaw on a regular basis. What I love is the nakedness of the polemic and the irresistible good… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
“To some extent the romantic condemnation of rationality stems from the very effectiveness of rationality in uplifting men from primitive conditions.” — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
The problem of human suffering is never too much rational thinking, or too high a demand for evidence. But the solutions are.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
No rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes that the average Negro is the equal, still less the superior, of the white… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Our rational minds often attempt to minimise or negate the mystical encounters. We forget the power of our experiences. We must embrace… — Brian Weiss Copy Share Image
“All the dancer's gestures are signs of things, and the dance is called rational, because it aptly signifies and displays something over… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To me, the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is, inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't… — Julia Leigh Copy Share Image
We can at least try to understand our own motives, passions, and prejudices, so as to be conscious of what we are… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
People often wonder just what trainers give the sheepdog in exchange for its boundless willingness. Food treats and praise sit on the… — Donald McCaig Copy Share Image
When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I think it's rational to assume the best in other people because most people are pretty decent. — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
..the self-knowledge that I am talking about is concrete, verifiable and is tangible like science itself and completely understandable in rational terms. — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
If faith cannot be reconciled with rational thinking, it has to be eliminated as an anachronistic remnant of earlier stages of culture… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I don't think it's rational for a country to try to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in a restaurant in Washington. — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
It is the considered opinion of most members of our rational élites that, in any given difference of opinion with reality, reality… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
“Thinking is man’s only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the source of all his evils,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Today it is considered as exaggeration to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being the serious demand of a… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
In a time of crisis, there is rational tendency to turn to the writer. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We have consciousness and rational powers but unless you're willing to spend the time to gain control of yourself, gain control of… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
