Rational Quotes

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When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them;… — Thomas Paine
If men will permit themselves to think, as rational beings ought to think, nothing can appear more ridiculous and absurd, exclusive of all moral reflections,… — Thomas Paine
Thinking. A process by which I use my brain to make a rational decision. — Becca Fitzpatrick
Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed into the dark. — Elizabeth Gilbert
We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd. — Lawrence Durrell
Would you like to borrow a pair of my panties to wave around at the next Council meeting to get the point across?â€ His eyes… — Ilona Andrews
We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it… — Morrie Schwartz
I get rational when I panic. — Amy Hempel
The reason this system canâ€™t be overthrown in this country,â€ Walter said, â€œis all about freedom. The reason the free market in Europe is tempered… — Jonathan Franzen
They reached the carriage house. When she turned the knob, he got all critical again. â€œWhy isnâ€™t this door locked?â€ â€œItâ€™s Parrish. Thereâ€™s not much… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth or reason. They… — Ayn Rand
Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity a a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. The rational mind doesn't nourish… — Anne Lamott
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable… — Dan Barker
Sometimes, Edie, a person's feelings aren't rational. At least, they don't seem that way on the surface. You have to dig a little deeper to… — Kate Morton
[Aldous Huxley] compared the brain to a 'reducing valve'. In ordinary perception, the senses send an overwhelming flood of information to the brain, which the… — Tom Wolfe
emotion clouds the rational, and many perspectives guide the full reality. To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even… — R A Salvatore
Fear beyond rational limits forces people to cling to normality — Hiroya Oku
Love isn't rational, it's instinctive — Laurie Faria Stolarz
Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one. — Yevgeny Zamyatin

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