1,806 Quotes About Reason

Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upwards and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance to be travelled is independent of our will and we cannot know in advance where we will end.

Rationalization is a dialogue with ourselves or with like-minded brains. Reasoning, on the other hand, is an honest and open conversation in which we try to persuade interlocutors who don't necessarily agree with us beforehand with arguments that are as universally valid, coherent, and detailed as possible, while opening ourselves to persuasion.

This thoroughness in the presentation of information is what distinguishes information from propaganda. Propaganda is information presented in a simplistic manner with the intention of shaping public opinion, highlighting what the propagandist believes strengthens his or her case and omitting what may refute it.

The reason you judge others is because you don't work on yourself.

What was the purpose, the meaning, the reason for your life; these are questions for here and now, not for when your time is almost over while waiting for the light to fade.

Things happen as they do for a reason, that reason is due to your interactions with the world.

From anger arises delusion; from delusion, confusion of memory; from confusion of memory, loss of reason; and from loss of reason one goes to complete ruin. ( Chapter- II, Shloka- 63)

Zo gaat het altijd voort en altijd rond, het ene maakt plaats voor het ander, en staat ge nu met uw tien geboden in het haar of op uwe vinger te zuigen, de 'waarom' komt ge toch niet te weten.

Ideology is a ghetto where reason goes to die