Beat generation Quote by William Burroughs

“Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to. (William Lee-Naked Lunch)”

— David Cronenberg

“Fuck rational thought”

— George Carlin

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Rational thought is interpretation according to a scheme which we cannot escape.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“An Ego Mind is a destructive mind and a rational mind is a peaceful mind.”

— Charleston Parker

“Baptize yourself with the flow of rational thinking and the world is bound to become rational.”

— Abhijit Naskar

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

— Duop Chak Wuol

To think is to destroy. The very process of thought indicates it for the same thought, as thinking is decomposing.

— Fernando Pessoa

If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.

— Anonymous

“Rationalizing is not a tool for penetration of reality but a post-factum attempt to harmonize one's own wishes with existing reality.”

— Erich Fromm

“A true rationalist ought to be effective in the real world.”

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“Rationalization is foreplay with one's conscience.”

— Doug Cooper