Rational Quotes

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Amor deliria nervosa: It affects your mind so that you cannot think clearly, or make rational decisions about your own well-being. Symptom number twelve. — Lauren Oliver
People aren't rational. We're not thinking machines, we're - we're feeling machines that happen to think. — Peter Watts
I am a rational man, but haven't you heard? i'm also insane. It gives me a unique perspective on things. — Derek Landy
Here's all I know: that the world is uncontrollable. Chaos reigns. That anything and everything might be possible. I won't subscribe to any rational system… — Kenneth Oppel
But the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have ! — Daniel Goleman
Our exclusive dependence on rational thought and language has obscured our natural ability to sense the flow of energy. — Ilchi Lee
Everybody drinks," she said calmly. The Only Rational One. "Your sister doesn't." When rolled her eyes. "Forgive me, but I'm not going to spend my… — Rainbow Rowell
In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something… — Lee Iacocca
Happiness, though an indefinite concept, is the goal of all rational beings — Immanuel Kant
Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is the mess… — Geoffrey Elton
If you want to feel good, be rational. — Ayn Rand
To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of eternal things; to knowledge, the rational knowledge of temporal things. — Saint Augustine
The spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are seriously concerned with… — Erich Fromm
We are grossly wasting our energy resources and other precious raw materials as though their supply were infinite. We must even face the prospect of… — Jimmy Carter
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement… — Bryan Adams
Seas of blood have been shed for the sake of patriotism. One would expect the harm and irrationality of patriotism to be self-evident to everyone.… — Leo Tolstoy
All social life is essentially practical. All mysterious which lead theory to mysticism find their rational solution in human practice and in the comprehension of… — Karl Marx
I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the… — John F. Kennedy
I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others. — Thomas Jefferson
Today it is considered as exaggeration to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being the serious demand of a rational ethic. But… — Albert Schweitzer

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