Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that therefore whoever… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Raymond Aron ascribes to Weber the view that 'each man's conscience is irrefutable.' ... while [Weber] holds that an agent may be… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
The university most worthy of rational admiration is that one in which your lonely thinker can feel himself lonely, most positively furthered,… — William James Copy Share Image
Anytime that is ‘betwixt and between’ or transitional is the faeries’ favorite time. They inhabit transitional spaces: the bottom of the garden,… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Speed as a drug disorganizes the personality; speed as the goal of information dissemination commits a subtler crime. People are mainlining our… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate… — Austin Farrer Copy Share Image
Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational. — John Milton Copy Share Image
I'm skeptical about even educating voters as a chance for being successful. You know, when we look at what people retain from… — Jason Brennan Copy Share Image
We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
In one point of view, Gothic is not only the best, but the only rational architecture, as being that which can fit… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Throw in the towel right off the bat. Women argue in ways that aren't rational to men. — Nick Lachey Copy Share Image
What else is it that should trace the insuperable line? Is it the faculty of reason or perhaps the faculty of discourse?… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
I am speaking to those among you who have retained some sovereign shred of their soul, unsold and unstamped: '- to the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I cannot pursue my architecture without considering the minimization of energy consumption, simple and direct technologies, a respect for site, climate, place… — Glenn Murcutt Copy Share Image
Beneath the seemingly rational exterior of our lives is a fear of insanity. We dare not question the values by which we… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
As a spiritual person, nature for me has always been a healing place. Going back all the way to my childhood on… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
The major producer of the social chaos, the indeterminacy of thought and values that rational knowledge is supposed to eliminate, is none… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
I think we have a free will, and at the same moment we don't. We have to live with that. It doesn't… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Yoga is a science, and not a vague dreamy drifting or imagining. It is an applied science, a systematized collection of laws… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
But it is the knowledge of necessary and eternal truths which distinguishes us from mere animals, and gives us reason and the… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
