Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. — James Harvey Robinson Copy Share Image
The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with 'feeling' or emotion, than by those originating solely… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Mystery is an inescapable ingredient of mathematics. Mathematics is full of unanswered questions, which far outnumber known theorems and results. It's the… — Ivars Peterson Copy Share Image
Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
When all actions are used for feedback, the consequence of making mistakes will be a corrective and appropriate response, because everything everybody… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
The mathematician is entirely free, within the limits of the imagination, to construct what worlds he pleases. — J. W. N. Sullivan Copy Share Image
Man is made for science; he reasons from effects to causes, and from causes to effects; but he does not always reason… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
TEF is predicated on logic, a simple wager that every human faces: If a reasoning human being loves and values life, they… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
The love of experiment was very strong in him [Charles Darwin], and I can remember the way he would say, "I shan't… — Francis Darwin Copy Share Image
Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats out of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A sex worker deserves a billion times more respect, than the mystical fraudsters of the society, such as astrologers, psychics and tarot… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The ability to reflect is associated with critical thinking and reasoning ability. And the capacity to be alone is one of the… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place. — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn Copy Share Image
We say that we often see animals in our dreams, but we forget that almost always we are ourselves animals therein, deprived… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Constitution of souls is beyond the comprehension of science. This is beyond reasoning.….faith starts where reasoning ends. Science of souls begins where… — Girdhar Joshi Copy Share Image
“Somewhere Chesterton writes--I think it is Chesterton--that you cannot reason a man from a position that reason didn’t deliver him to.” — Alec Wilkinson Copy Share Image
There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion,… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
The autobiographical self has prompted extended memory, reasoning, imagination, creativity and language. And out of that came the instruments of culture -… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
“She was aware that reason had left the room. She was not sorry to see it go.” — Libby Creelman Copy Share Image
