“If we were rational enough to judge what we are fed based on what we are fed, those in the business of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Out of an intuitive experience of the world comes a continuous flow of novel distinctions. Purely rational understanding, on the other hand,… — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
We cannot discover ourselves without first discovering the universe, the earth, and the imperatives of our own being. Each of these has… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
Remember this, take this to heart, live by it, die for it if necessary: that our patriotism is medieval, outworn, obsolete; that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own --… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“If the people of this religion are asked about the proof for the soundness of their religion, they flare up, get angry… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Humans are ambitious and rational and proud. And we don't fall in line with people who don't respect us and who we… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
I am arguing that faith as such, faith as an alleged method of acquiring knowledge, is totally invalid and as a consequence,… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively,… — John Quiggin Copy Share Image
We must not suppose that, because a man is a rational animal, he will, therefore, always act rationally; or, because he has… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
“In real life our behavior is far more complex than the textbook allows and often confounds the idea that we're purely rational.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rational behavior ... depends upon a ceaseless flow of data from the environment. It depends upon the power of the individual to… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
“Let’s appreciate and welcome the arrival of a new prophet The one who can be Reasonable and rational Realistic and democrat The… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“Every single human being is neurologically predisposed to be biased in various walks of life. It is biologically impossible to be absolutely… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of… — John Galt Copy Share Image
What kind of expression is this - "punishing Israel"? Are we a vassal state of yours? Are we a banana republic? Are… — Menachem Begin Copy Share Image
The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialization of the rational mind, is now making contact with mysticism, the… — Fritjof Capra 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
Sometimes love burns so hot in your veins that it consumes all rational thought. You become a walking shell that can no… — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
What the activity of this disposition of ours means in the evolution of the world, we do not know. Nor can we… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The visible universe is subject to quantification, and is so by necessity. … Between you and me only reason will be the… — Adelard of Bath Copy Share Image
It is really important to solve the problem of rational utilization and distribution of wate supplies. I dare say, the shortage of… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people… — Ronnie Dunn Copy Share Image
Ignorance is in relationship to content; it is not just a spirit of ignorance. In verse 21 it speaks of "the truth… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Still Caine hesitated. A big, warm bed. A beautiful girl to share it with. Food. Water. Everything he needed, just a few… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The old beliefs, of course, and the rational approach, are everywhere reinforced, and so it does have a great weight. The magical… — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
Our emotional mind will harness the rational mind to its purposes, for our feelings and reactions-- rationalizations-- justifying them in terms of… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
It is the will of God that we live not only as rational beings, but as "new men" regenerated by the Holy… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
It's got to be the best intellectual exercise out there. You're seeing through new situations every ten minutes. In the stock market… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What matters is that they are curious about life, energy, truth, and themselves and that they haven't sold out to the establishment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Obsession is so extreme and so hard to imagine with the rational mind that it has a science-fiction-like quality to it-it's almost… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
The church at the time was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but… — Randy Schekman Copy Share Image
For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic,… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The prospect, that a good general government will in all human probability be soon established in America, affords me more substantial satisfaction;… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Art is the expression of the conviction that we can have a rational relationship with the world and each other. It isn't… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
[I]t is truth alone-scientific, established, proved, and rational truth-which is capable of satisfying nowadays the awakened minds of all classes. We may… — Henri Frederic Amiel 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
There is some conflict between religion and science in my world, but that's nothing new. Science, at its root, is a rational… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Man is much more than a 'rational being' and lives more by sympathies and impressions than by conclusions. It darkens his eyes… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image