Irrational Quotes

377 quotes by 318 authors

It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them. — Arthur Eddington
You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest… — William Kirby
Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute; we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled… — Karen Armstrong
Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just as… — Anthony Storr
We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us. — Thomas Merton
It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because God is rational, and in the nature of the case,… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a religious philosophy - and it does not matter whether that… — Steve Allen
Marriage is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important — Lisa Hoffman
The rational mind of man is a shallow thing, a shore upon a continent of the irrational, wherein thin colonies of reason have settled amid… — Wilford O Cross
What I conclude is that religion has nothing to do with experience or reason but with deep and irrational needs — Richard Taylor
You don;t know if you can get any better. Or maybe there's the irrational belief that it will get better even if you know she… — Superman
It is not the fear that is uncomfortable; it is the irrational pain that you will somehow not survive this. The dark is simply an… — Josh Q
Inherently within the temperamental soul of humanity lies a shivering and thoroughly jealous irrational thought of death. Life has such a fickle intense passion, always… — Johnny Luckett
TakinG aCtiOn On an aCtiOn cOulD be an irratiOnal re-aCtiOn, FindinG intensiOn Of an aCtiOn LeaDs yOu tOwarDs Best hanDelinG — Muhammed Faran
This is the irrational season/ Had Mary been filled with reason/ There'd have been no room/ For the child. - Madeleine L'Engle — Madeleine L'Engle
Logic and reason have no place in matters of the heart, love isn't rational. — Ryan Reynolds
Our love is irrepressible, that's irresponsible, but irreproachable, because my heart is irretrievable. You're completely irresistable and forever irreplacable. Is this irrational? Irregular? Irregardless, It's… — Liam Forrester
Zen is so strange as far as intellectual understanding is concerned. It looks almost absurd. That is one of the reasons why it has not… — OSHO
Please dont hate you??!! I hate that I love you. Loving you made me waste a year of my life. Loving you made me be… — Shalini
The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And… — Joanna Baillie

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