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Reason Quotes by William James
- The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
- We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in other words, instead…
- Faith branches off the highroad before reason begins
- We hear in these days of scientific enlightenment a great deal of discussion about the efficacy of Prayer. Many reasons are given why we should…
- Impulse without reason is not enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
- Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it…
- But it is the bane of psychology to suppose that where results are similar, processes must be the same. Psychologists are too apt to reason…
- How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old earth tingled…
- Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need…
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
- I t Is Easy To Find A Reason To Be Sad, But It Is Much Harder To Find A Reason To Be… — Ritu Ghatourey
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not… — Paulo Coelho
- For all the noise and anger that too often surrounds the immigration debate, America has nothing to fear from today's immigrants. They… — Barack Obama
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson