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Reason Quotes by Saint Augustine
- Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some…
- We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone
- What is more insane than to be partakers of the Sacraments of the Lord and not partakers of the words of the Lord? These men…
- Baptism does not profit a man outside unity with the Church ... For many heretics also possess this Sacrament but not the fruits of salvation…
- The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty: therefore, if it…
- And so, lastly, does the very name of "Catholic", which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained; so that, though…
- God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.
- When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with…
- Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we…
- He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
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
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- I t Is Easy To Find A Reason To Be Sad, But It Is Much Harder To Find A Reason To Be… — Ritu Ghatourey
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — 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 design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn