Reason Quotes

13387 Reason quotes by 6691 unique authors

Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is all; he is not a… — John Donne
He has inhibited discussion by designating admonition as the method of dealing with a heretic- and the first method, too, because he is not a… — Tertullian
You can always reason with a German. You can always reason with a barnyard animal, too, for all the good it does. — P.J. O'Rourke
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of Nature, and therefore this holds for the action… — Albert Einstein
I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither… — Albert Einstein
But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs… — Albert Einstein
To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, god, are immaterial, is to say they are… — Thomas Jefferson
Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public… — Thomas Jefferson
We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and obedience to the… — Thomas Jefferson
We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition,… — George Washington
To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life, may I just… — Ronald Reagan
Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past. — Walter Lippmann
It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why… — Oscar Wilde
Docility is the observable half of reason. — George Santayana
Reason in my philosophy is only a harmony among irrational impulses. — George Santayana
In recent years, many seem to have spent their lives protesting. Perhaps they have felt to do this because they have felt repressed or wished… — James E. Faust
I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional amendment. The reason… — George W. Bush
Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors? Fallible men; men governed by bad passions, by private as well as public reasons. And… — Thomas Jefferson
Why should I hate someone on the basis of their religion, when I can take a little time to get to know them and hate… — Dennis Miller
The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force. — Adolf Hitler
Force without reason falls of its own weight. — Horace
It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct. — W. Somerset Maugham
The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but the man knows… — John Donne
Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason. — Gelett Burgess
Religion has ever been anti-human, anti-woman, anti-life, anti-peace, anti-reason and anti-science. The god idea has been detrimental not only to humankind but to the earth.… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

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