Compass Quote by Richard Whately

The will of man is by his reason swayed.

— Izaak Walton

You see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, there’s no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion.

— Benjamin Whichcote

The will of man is by his reason sway'd.

— William Shakespeare

We disparage reason. But all the time it's what we're most concerned with. There's will as motor and there's will as brakes. Reason is,…

— Robert Frost

Reason can in general do more than blind force.

— Cornelius Gallus

Reason, in a strict sense, as meaning the judgment of truth and falsehood, can never, of itself, be any motive to the will, and…

— David Hume

For faith, properly understood, does not contradict reason in the least; indeed...it is nothing less than the will to keep one's mind fixed precisely…

— Edward Feser

Because humans are capable of choosing, the first cause that created them must have a will.

— Nancy Pearcey

He who sees different ways to the same end, will, unless he watches carefully over his own conduct, lay out too much of his…

— Samuel Johnson

Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason

— Paul Tillich

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that.

— Evelyn Underhill