Reason Quotes

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There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses. — Louis Aragon
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. — Ken Olsen
Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish? — Marcus Aurelius
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers a… — Bertrand Russell
The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian… — Bertrand Russell
When learned men begin to use their reason, then I generally discover that they haven't got any. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid and polite, are necessarily men… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Liberty is the very last idea that seems to occur to anybody, in considering any political or social proposal. It is only necessary for anybody… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse. — Richard Dawkins
The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors. — Penn Jillette
Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a… — Watchman Nee
Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing attitudes, these people-the… — Alice Miller
No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress the laws of God will… — Richard G. Scott
The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them.… — Laozi
For all the noise and anger that too often surrounds the immigration debate, America has nothing to fear from today's immigrants. They have come here… — Barack Obama
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But… — Ed Koch
I can't come up with any good reason why they [the INS] would unilaterally disarm. — Lamar S. Smith
It isn't what people think that is important, but the reason they think what they think — Eugene Ionesco

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