Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion,… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
The genuine values in America arose from rational thought and breaking with tradition, not from blind allegiance to dirt and cloth. — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
In light of the strong correlation between female education and demographic decline, a purely empirical perspective on Malala Yousafzai, the poster girl… — Theodore Beale Copy Share Image
There is no "scientific worldview" just as there is no uniform enterprise "science" - except in the minds of metaphysicians, school masters,… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Writers do not want to think they are less rational than other people, and at the mercy of compulsions, but in their… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that God began this work among the Indians at a time when I had the least hope, and to… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
“We must have a new mythology, but it must place itself at the service of ideas, it must become a mythology of… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature — John Locke Copy Share Image
In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be… — William Blum Copy Share Image
Love is a choice — not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a militant fundamentalist atheist. I'm going to get on a crowded train, unbutton my coat and say rational things. People will… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Mysticism is a rational enterprise. Religion is not. The mystic has recognized something about the nature of consciousness prior to thought, and… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image