1,806 Quotes About Reason

If you think the reason you exist or go to school is just to satisfy your selfish ambitions, then you are of all men most miserable

If it be true that there can be no metaphysics transcending human reason, it is no less true that there can be no empirical knowledge that is not already caught and limited by the a priori structure of cognition.

Those who are governed by reason desire nothing for themselves which they do not desire for the rest of humankind.

Who are "THEY", you are one of "They" and they are the people/humans.

To irrational principles, one cannot be loyal. Ideas that are not derived from reality cannot be consistently practiced in reality.--as quoted by Leonard Peikoff in "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

Reason, according to Objectivism, is not merely a distinguishing attribute of man; it is his fundamental attribute-his basic means of survival. Therefore, whatever reason requires in order to function is a necessity of human life.

Reason functions by integrating perceptual data into concepts.

It's said that people who give excuses for the reason not do something always formulate those excuses, waiting for the reason to surface to justify their excuses!

Unfortunately, love is more often an alibi than a reason.