Human Reason Quotes

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Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom. — John Quincy Adams
There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist who starts with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature; deliberate… — Thomas Aquinas
I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary opinions. — Thomas Jefferson
Mathematics is one of the deepest and most powerful expressions of pure human reason, and, at the same time, the most fundamental resource for description… — Hyman Bass
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing. — Claude Levi-Strauss
That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted. — George Boole
I can understand your aversion to the use of the term 'religion' to describe an emotional and psychological attitude which shows itself most clearly in… — Albert Einstein
If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it wouldn't leave much… — Stephen Hawking
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in… — Walter Bagehot
In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with erecting temples in… — James F. Cooper
Somebody must trespass on the taboos of modern nationalism, in the interests of human reason. Business can't. Diplomacy won't. It has to be people like… — Robert Byron
An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a faith in our… — Terry Eagleton
First the lover must learn charity and keep God's law. Then he shall be blessed a hundredfold, and he shall do great things without great… — Hadewijch
Every type of destruction that human philosophy, human science, human reason, human art, human cunning, human force, and human brutality could bring to bear against… — Reuben Archer Torrey
Between two beings there is always the barrier of words. Man has so many ears and speaks so many languages. Should it nevertheless be possible… — Joost Meerloo
Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts — Saint John Chrysostom
Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other — Martin Luther
Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If… — Stephen Hawking
Now if the religious skeptic is right, we can know nothing about God. And if we can know nothing about God, how can we know… — Peter Kreeft

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