Believe Quote by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

— Ayn Rand

Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe.

— Joe Haldeman

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

The rational approach start from the idea that everything is explainable and that mystery is in some sense the enemy. This means that it…

— Jeremy Narby

The end point of rationality is to demonstrate the limits of rationality.

— Blaise Pascal

What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. On this conviction the plain man like the philosopher takes his stand,and from…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith,…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

I'm a rationalist and a skeptic, someone who safely separates faith from reason.

— Benjamin Wittes

Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not…

— Ai Weiwei

“One of chief pieces of advice I give to aspiring rationalists is "Don't try to be clever." And, "Listen to those quiet, nagging doubts."…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

The knowledge of God, the belief in God, is what I call an a-rational process. It's not rational - it doesn't proceed by scientific…

— George Coyne

It is rational to believe, as it is our very existence that is at stake.

— Pope Benedict XVI