Rational Quotes

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The ghostly presence of virtual particles defies rational common sense and is nonintuitive for those unacquainted with physics. Religious belief in God, and Christian belief… — Antony Hewish
What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on a ground similar to that… — Henry Sidgwick
While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is on fire, it may be… — Derek Parfit
In legal parlance, that is called 'the rational person test,' ... That's where somebody else says, 'Even though we have no idea what this person… — Richard John Neuhaus
You must never stop dreaming. Face reality, yes. But don't stop with the way things are; dream of things as they ought to be. Dream… — Jesse Jackson
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists-whatever else they might be-might also be rational human beings ; which is to… — William Blum
Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to do what is right. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which… — Aristotle
[D]iscipline consists in this, that the men who undergo the instruction and have followed it for a certain time are completely deprived of everything which… — Leo Tolstoy
I believe that decisions about the timing and manner of death belong to the individual as a human right. I believe it is wrong to… — A.C. Grayling
In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for,… — Pete Gill
What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable of more rational… — Norman Cousins
Whether the teacher is authoritarian, undisciplined, competent, incompetent, serious, irresponsible, involved, a lover of people and of life, cold, angry with the world, bureaucratic, excessively… — Paulo Freire
Fischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever — Dave Regis
What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be… — Peter Singer
Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen. Doing so can… — Dale Carnegie
In my opinion, economists and sociologists are the people to whom we ought to turn more than we do for instruction in the grounds and… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The natural scientists of the previous age knew less than we do and believed they were very close to the goal: we have taken very… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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