Rational Quotes

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The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being — Thomas Jefferson
To grasp organizational life as it is, read novels (!) .... It is my fervent belief that we will never design rational processes that "overcome"… — Tom Peters
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet... [at least for your own… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade other people; nor… — Paul Lockhart
Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders. — Scott Jurek
If God is incomprehensible to man, it would seem rational never to think of Him at all. — Jean Meslier
When the waters of a lake are absolutely still, the lake reflects the trees, the sky, and everything around it perfectly. At the slightest breeze,… — Alberto Villoldo
For me, I think the greatest achievements of science is to allow humanity to realize that our world is comprehensible. Through science, rational thinking, we… — Jim Al-Khalili
In light of the strong correlation between female education and demographic decline, a purely empirical perspective on Malala Yousafzai, the poster girl for global female… — Theodore Beale
It is slightly chilling to realize there are rational, functional people up there employed to spot, nurture, and exploit those down here among us who… — Jon Ronson
One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the other hand, the… — John Michael Greer
Writing is an act of hope. It means carving order out of chaos, of challenging one's own beliefs and assumptions, of facing the world with… — Jack Heffron
If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into their camp, since… — Ayn Rand
We cannot fight against collectivism, unless we fight against its moral base: altruism. We cannot fight against altruism, unless we fight against its epistemological base:… — Ayn Rand
Whether itâ€™s a symphony or a coal mine, all work is an act of creating and comes from the same source: from an inviolate capacity… — Ayn Rand
A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyoneâ€™s orders, directives, or controls; it does not… — Ayn Rand
In the socialist commonwealth every economic change becomes an undertaking whose success can be neither appraised in advance nor later retrospectively determined. There is only… — Ludwig von Mises
The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers. — Isaac Asimov
The last decisive energy of a rational courage which confides in the Supreme Power is very sublime. It makes a man who intrepidly dares every… — Randolph Sinks Foster
We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways. — Paul Rusesabagina

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