Reason Quotes
13387 Reason quotes by 6691 unique authors
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly…
— Walter Bagehot
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Reason is the cause of our falsification of the evidence of the senses. In so far as the senses show becoming, passing away, change, they…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows…
— John Jay Chapman
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There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring em all…
— Bernard de Mandeville
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Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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I loved the movie for the simple reason that I saw the scenes and I saw Muhammad working with these guys.
— Angelo Dundee
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The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to…
— Lord Byron
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The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn,…
— John Ruskin
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Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.
— Lord Byron
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If you don’t have a dream, then you have nothing to work for, nothing to get up in the morning for, no reason.. and no…
— Kai Greene
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I can understand your aversion to the use of the term 'religion' to describe an emotional and psychological attitude which shows itself most clearly in…
— Albert Einstein
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I would absolutely refuse any direct or indirect war service and would try to persuade my friends to do the same, regardless of the reasons…
— Albert Einstein
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Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral…
— Albert Einstein
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I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that…
— Albert Einstein
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Look at what Al Davis has done. He hired the first Hispanic head coach (Tom Flores), the first black head coach (Art Shell), and now…
— Amy Trask
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Addiction, self-sabotage, procrastination, laziness, rage, chronic fatigue, and depression are all ways that we withhold our full participation in the program of life we are…
— Charles Eisenstein
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Jim Fregosi was not only one of the most respected men in baseball, he was a great man. He was a player's manager. He had…
— Lenny Dykstra
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It may be that it is not given to us to know when we are angels. We may only be given to know when others…
— Michael Ventura
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If it be asked, Why does God not bestow the same or equal blessing upon all people? we can only answer, that has not been…
— Loraine Boettner
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For some reason, we see long-term travel to faraway lands as a recurring dream or an exotic temptation, but not something that applies to the…
— Rolf Potts
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The reason for forgiving your enemies is not for their benefit but for your own benefit. Holding grudges against other people doesn’t hurt them; doesn’t even bother them much…
— Brad Blanton
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One of the reasons the doctors gave for hospitalizing me against my will was that I was ‘gravely disabled.’ To support this view, they wrote…
— Elyn Saks
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In our culture, imitation-based experience dominates reality-based experience. I find this an awful thing. But there are artists who know from the bottom of their souls…
— Richard Tuttle
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So let's set the record straight. Faith is not the opposite of reason. The opposite of faith is unbelief. And reason is not the opposite…
— Greg Koukl
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There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be rich, famous and successful, but if those are…
— Phyllis A. Whitney
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