... there is no such thing as a rational world and a separate irrational world, but only one world containing both. — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the… — John Michael Greer Copy Share Image
Reality and truth are not products of rational or linear thinking. They are derived from absolute wisdom as it manifests itself spontaneously,… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
You can’t be a rational person six days a week and on one day of the week, go to a building, and… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Nobody ever arrives at a very big idea through a conscious, rational thought process. It comes from your unconscious. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
At the moment our rational mind stops, hits against a wall ... something else happens. And a bigger mind, like a pearl,… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
The will to believe chases out the rational mind, whenever and wherever the two come into conflict. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Sometimes knowing what's right isn't a rational decision, or even what works on paper. Sometimes leaving is the best course of action… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When you teach your students that it's "economically rational" to commit crimes where the fines for misconduct are lower than the expected… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
Today's environment is beginning to threaten today's organizations, finding them seriously deficient in their nervous system design... The degree of coordination, perception,… — Douglas Engelbart Copy Share Image
When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
Some problems are just too complicated for rational, logical solutions. They admit of insights, not answers. — Jerome Wiesner Copy Share Image
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document? — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
These two rational faculties may be designated the Scientific Faculty and the Calculative Faculty respectively; since calculation is the same as deliberation,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Businesses will have to lead the charge - demanding uniform, national, predictable rules to govern this transition, so that there is a… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be… — Kavita Ramdas Copy Share Image
Who should know better than a cosmetician that human beings are less than rational creatures? — John Brunner Copy Share Image
While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is on fire,… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
Animal liberationists do not separate out the human animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never drink when you are wretched without it, or you will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents. — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
