--- title: "10 Rational Explanation Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Rational Explanation quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Rational Explanation sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/eugene-wigner-26287_certainty_the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-i_145499.jpg" --- > [The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-wigner/the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-in-the-natural-sciences-is/) [Eugene Wigner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-wigner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/eugene-wigner-26287_certainty_the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-i_145499.jpg) > [As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/as-a-philosopher-i-have-a-right-to-ask-for-a-rational-explanation-of/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_asks_as-a-philosopher-i-have-a-right-to-ask-f_1247265.jpg) > [The existence of mysterious relations between all these different domains is the most striking and delightful feature of mathematics (having no rational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-arnold/the-existence-of-mysterious-relations-between-all-these-different/) [Vladimir Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-arnold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/vladimir-arnold-57440_delightful_the-existence-of-mysterious-relations-be_439491.jpg) > [“There is a rational explanation for everything, regardless of whether that explanation is known.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koda/there-is-a-rational-explanation-for-everything-regardless-of-whether/) [Koda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/koda-78541_logic_there-is-a-rational-explanation-for-ever_212692.jpg) > [“Dad reckoned there was a rational explanation for everything, even things that made no sense at all. UFOs, ghosts, God - they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martyn-bedford/dad-reckoned-there-was-a-rational-explanation-for-everything-even/) [Martyn Bedford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martyn-bedford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/martyn-bedford-89100_quote_dad-reckoned-there-was-a-rational-explan_1152708.jpg) > [Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-keith/whichever-theory-we-adopt-to-give-a-rational-explanation-of-human/) [Arthur Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-keith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/arthur-keith-17817_existence_whichever-theory-we-adopt-to-give-a-rati_753081.png) > [It is fatal to let people suppose that Christianity is only a mode of feeling; it is vitally necessary to insist that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/it-is-fatal-to-let-people-suppose-that-christianity-is-only-a-mode-of/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/dorothy-l-sayers-738_christianity_it-is-fatal-to-let-people-suppose-that-c_1376974.jpg) > [“Magic?' Kate snorted. 'There's no such thing. Is there?' 'Magic?' Barnabas shrugged. 'Why not? Magic is cool.' 'But there has to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-williams/magic-kate-snorted-there-s-no-such-thing-is-there-magic-barnabas/) [Amelia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/amelia-williams-83304_doctor-who_magic-kate-snorted-there-s-no-such-thing_2482878.jpg) > [I think we have a free will, and at the same moment we don't. We have to live with that. It doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/i-think-we-have-a-free-will-and-at-the-same-moment-we-don-t-we-have/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/wayne-dyer-158_always-trying_i-think-we-have-a-free-will-and-at-the-s_1855957.jpg) > [“your unlikely pilgrimage and, indeed, the courage of the woman who sat in silence and waited for you. They have caused me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/your-unlikely-pilgrimage-and-indeed-the-courage-of-the-woman-who-sat/) [Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/rachel-joyce-2226_courage_your-unlikely-pilgrimage-and-indeed-the_1763178.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rational-explanation/#itemlist", "name": "Rational Explanation Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eugene Wigner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-wigner/the-enormous-usefulness-of-mathematics-in-the-natural-sciences-is/", "image": { "@type": 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Sayers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/it-is-fatal-to-let-people-suppose-that-christianity-is-only-a-mode-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/dorothy-l-sayers-738_christianity_it-is-fatal-to-let-people-suppose-that-c_1376974.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/dorothy-l-sayers-738_christianity_it-is-fatal-to-let-people-suppose-that-c_1376974.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/dorothy-l-sayers-738_christianity_it-is-fatal-to-let-people-suppose-that-c_1376974.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is fatal to let people suppose that Christianity is only a mode of feeling; it is vitally necessary to…” — Dorothy L. Sayers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Magic?' Kate snorted. 'There's no such thing. Is there?' 'Magic?' Barnabas shrugged. 'Why not? Magic is cool.' 'But there has to be a rational explanation.' 'Oh there is,' Barnabas led her our of the cave and back to the shore. 'But a rational explanation is rather complex. We're dealing with a psycho-temporal entity manifesting through a critical mass of its sentient shell...um. 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We share the same end.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rachel Joyce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/your-unlikely-pilgrimage-and-indeed-the-courage-of-the-woman-who-sat/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/rachel-joyce-2226_courage_your-unlikely-pilgrimage-and-indeed-the_1763178.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/rachel-joyce-2226_courage_your-unlikely-pilgrimage-and-indeed-the_1763178.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/rachel-joyce-2226_courage_your-unlikely-pilgrimage-and-indeed-the_1763178.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“your unlikely pilgrimage and, indeed, the courage of the woman who sat in silence and waited for you. 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