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Reason Quotes by Charles Darwin
- ...I believe there exists, & I feel within me, an instinct for the truth, or knowledge or discovery, of something of the same nature as…
- Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight.…
- How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor how it is…
- The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up,…
- Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason, self-interest,…
- We have seen that the senses and intuitions, the various emotions and faculties, such as love, memory, attention and curiosity, imitation, reason, etc., of which…
- About weak points [of the Origin] I agree. The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder, but when I think of the fine…
- I see no good reason why the views given this volume [The Origin of Species] should shock the religious feelings of any one. It is…
- The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
- I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.
- As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend…
- We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.
More Reason Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong