Rational Quotes

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...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the universe, and prevents us from grasping… — Julian Huxley
Man has but little heeded the advice of the wise men. He has been - fatefully, if not willingly - less virtuous, less constant, less… — Ralph Bunche
When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people… — Bertrand Russell
A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work… — Kurt Vonnegut
Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational — Ricky Gervais
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never drink when you are wretched without it, or you will be like the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform peaceably, which must otherwise be… — Thomas Jefferson
No rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes that the average Negro is the equal, still less the superior, of the white man.....it is simply… — Thomas Huxley
Devotion has its own strange ways. It is not something rational, logical, something that can be explained to you. But it is something, if you… — Rajneesh
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Wikis give us… — George Sand
The ultimate solutions to problems are rational; the process of finding them is not. — J. P. Guilford
All changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small… — Robert D. Maurer
I am arguing that faith as such, faith as an alleged method of acquiring knowledge, is totally invalid and as a consequence, all propositions of… — George H. Smith
Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the… — Bertrand Russell
A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires… — Walter Lippmann
Upon the whole, Chymistry is as yet but an opening science, closely connected with the usefull and ornamental arts, and worthy the attention of the… — Joseph Black
I decided that life rationally considered seemed pointless and futile, but it is still interesting in a variety of ways, including the study of science.… — Robert S. Mulliken
I was there when Abbe Georges LemaÃ®tre first proposed this [Big Bang] theory. ... There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has… — Hannes Alfven
Obsession is so extreme and so hard to imagine with the rational mind that it has a science-fiction-like quality to it-it's almost as if the… — Susan Cheever
Optimism.. is the enemy of the rational buyer — Warren Buffett

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