Reasoning Quotes

445 quotes by 334 authors

The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to… — Nicolas Gomez Davila
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius-the men of reasoning and the men of imagination. — Isaac D'Israeli
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. — James Harvey Robinson
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. — Plato
Insomnia is an indication, not a chaos. Its like ache. Youre not going to provide a patient ache medicine without figuring out whats reasoning the… — Unknown Author
Thinking? You're not thinking. You're reasoning without reasons, and that's just another word for prejudice. — Unknown Author
Scientific reasoning is a kind of dialogue between the possible and the actual, between what might be and what is in fact the case. — Peter Medawar
This is the holy reasoning of love; it draws no license from grace, but rather feels the strong constraints of gratitude leading it to holiness. — Charles Spurgeon
A feminazi is a woman to whom the most important thing in life is seeing to it that as many abortions as possible are performed.… — Rush Limbaugh
Perhaps, the highest pleasure in art is identical with the highest pleasure in scientific theory. The emotion which accompanies the clear recognition of unity in… — Roger Fry
The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reasoning and analysis, but first of all by living. For… — Thomas Merton
To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on… — Rex Stout
That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together -… — Tom Araya
This thing is but a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know, and I am not able to convince you that… — Isaac Newton
Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second. — Jonathan Haidt
You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut feelings about what is right and wrong, and… — Jonathan Haidt
The mind is divided, like a rider on an elephant, and the riderâ€™s job is to serve the elephant. The rider is our conscious reasoning-the… — Jonathan Haidt
I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to… — William Butler Yeats
When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but… — Gerrit Smith

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