Literature Quote by John Mearsheimer

I would warn against too much of a radical devotion to rationality. Rationality is an illusion, an invented concept, a construct from the mind…

— Derek R. Audette

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

“Rational is when an act is performed based on logical grounds.”

— Duop Chak Wuol

There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.

— I. J. Good

It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.

— Warren Buffett

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

— Joe Haldeman

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

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

— Ayn Rand

Talk about rationality can get very confusing unless the things with which rationality deals are also included.

— Robert M. Pirsig

Rationalism is the idea that we can ever understand anything about the state of being. It's a deathtrip. It always has been. . .…

— Stephen King

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Human rationality depends critically on sophisticated emotionality. It is only because our emotional brain works so well that our reasoning can work at all.

— Jonathan Haidt