Reason Quote by Blaise Pascal

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we are punished, when we disobey the former we are…

— Blaise Pascal

The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy, but he who…

— Blaise Pascal

“If the master allows himself to be commanded by a servant, the latter becomes autocratic; the mind is similarly enslaved by submitting to bodily…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There is one thing in the world more wicked than the desire to command, and that is the will to obey.

— William Kingdon Clifford

We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.

— John Newton

I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I…

— Charles Spurgeon

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

— Samuel Richardson

This feeling of accountability, which is encompassed by the first great commandment to love God, has been described by some as 'obedience to the…

— Quentin L. Cook

Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of…

— Swami Vivekananda

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

To our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields.

— Friedrich Nietzsche