Above the clouds Quote by Walter Scott

“The man who establishes his argument by noise and command knows that his reason is weak.”

— Michel de Montaigne

He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature

— Mencius

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her

— George Bernard Shaw

Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them.

— Richard Mitchell

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

— Michel de Montaigne

“He worries a lot and often suffers from feelings of self-doubt. He has a natural attraction to the melancholy side of life. He is…

— Sandra Nichols

“But the thing which in eminent instances signalizes so exceptional a nature is this: Though the man's even temper and discreet bearing would seem…

— Herman Melville

“It is reason which breeds pride and reflection which fortifies it; reason which turns man inward into himself; reason which separates him from everything…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“spend not thy time in thinking, what such a man doth, and to what end: what he saith, and what he thinks, and what…

— Marcus Aurelius

The mind of the greatest man on earth is not so independent of circumstances as not to feel inconvenienced by the merest buzzing noise…

— Blaise Pascal

“if he will watch, control, and alter his thoughts, tracing their effects upon himself, upon others, and upon his life and circumstances, linking cause…

— James Allen

“After a good roll in the hay, when he’s all peaceful and serene and he hasn’t a worry or a care in the world,…

— Benjamin R. Smith