Common Quote by Julian Barnes

“He thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an…

— Julian Barnes

“He was the type of man who had his own sense of logic and reached his own conclusions without regard to the opinions of…

— Haruki Murakami

“Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those…

— René Descartes

The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.

— Luc de Clapiers

He uses common sense to judge not the intentions of an action but its consequences.

— Paulo Coelho

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of…

— Bertrand Russell

The psychologists and the metaphysicians wrangle endlessly over the nature of the thinking process in man, but no matter how violently they differ otherwise…

— H. L. Mencken

In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness.

— Lin Yutang

“God cautions us in Isaiah 55:9 that his ways are not ours and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts (undoubtedly one of the…

— Ron Brackin

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

— Alexander Pope

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

— Winston Churchill

At one time, many philosophers held that faultless "laws of thought" were somehow inherent, a priori, in the very nature of mind. This belief…

— Jean Piaget