Fascinating Quote by Anne Lamott

Becoming fully rational is not enough anymore; evidently it can lead to distortions of all the great human possibilities.

— Thomas Keating

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

— Ayn Rand

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

— Lars von Trier

We're living in interesting times, where people seem to be able to say things which are contrary to what you would call rationalism.

— Jed Mercurio

It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.

— Warren Buffett

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Irrationality interests me more than anything: sometimes it's very dangerous, but it can be incredibly beautiful.

— John Burnside

Talk about rationality can get very confusing unless the things with which rationality deals are also included.

— Robert M. Pirsig

Far from being demeaning to human spiritual values, scientific rationalism is the crowning glory of the human spirit.

— Richard Dawkins

“Rationalizing is not a tool for penetration of reality but a post-factum attempt to harmonize one's own wishes with existing reality.”

— Erich Fromm

Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith,…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.

— Anonymous