Without reason Quote by Nalini Singh

Emotion without reason lets people walk all over you; reason without emotion is a mask for cruelty.

— Nalini Singh

Emotion is the foundation of reason.

— David Brooks

“The use of reason is to justify the obscure desires that move our conduct, impulses, passions, prejudices and follies, and also our fears.”

— Joseph Conrad

“It is by the activity of our passions, that our reason improves: we covet knowledge merely because we covet enjoyment, and it is impossible…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Reason is the first victim of strong emotion.

— Frank Herbert

“Reason is a tool of weaklings who are afraid to be naked in the face of a cruel and conflictual reality and who therefore…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

“Unlike ordinary feelings, the feeling of reason and the feeling of respect do not have a sensible cause; their cause is reason itself.”

— Alix Cohen

“Excess of happiness and excess of sorrow, both are hazardous. Emotions require a balanced diet too.”

— Chandan Sharma

“Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emotions! A. This is one of the worst…

— P.D. Ouspensky

“Emotions by their very nature are not reasonable things.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

Existence of emotions also are nothing without excuses

— Mak_786

Reason cannot save us, nothing can; but reason can mitigate the cruelty of living.

— Philip Rieff