Rational Quotes

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Man can sin against nature in two ways. First, when he sins against his specific rational nature, acting contrary to reason. In this sense, we… — Thomas Aquinas
A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects and goals which neither require… — Albert Einstein
It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort. — A.J. Ayer
In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses-How to Value a Business, and How to Think about Market Prices. Your goal as… — Warren Buffett
One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are… — Sumner Redstone
To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on… — Rex Stout
Big ideas come from the unconscious. This is true in art, in science, and in advertising. But your unconscious has to be well informed, or… — David Ogilvy
Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The indispensability of reason does not imply that individual people are always rational or are unswayed by passion and illusion. It only means that people… — Steven Pinker
The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind… — Gustav Holst
I dont see much difference between it and the other films though I can see on a rational and intelligent level there is a big… — Danny Boyle
The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time… — Karl Popper
All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal, but with a near infinite capacity for folly. . . . He… — Robert McNamara
Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior. — Warren Buffett
A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse — Mary Wollstonecraft
Painting quickly is a calculated act to block out rational thought. — Antoni Tapies
We must be both rational and intellectual, both analytic and imaginative, utilizing both statistics and insight. — Lloyd
I still do not know what impels anyone sound of mind to leave dry land and spend a lifetime describing people who do not exist.… — Mavis Gallant
Who has forbidden women to engage in private and individual studies? Have they not a rational soul as men do?...I have this inclination to study… — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe.… — Mortimer Adler

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