1,806 Quotes About Reason

The truly rational thing is not to reason, but to follow one's instincts.

You came to Clayton County searching for your friend,' I said, turning to face Forman. 'You said he'd disappeared forty years ago, and you didn't know why. Well, I do. He did it for love.''Don't play with me,' warned Forman.'Trust me,' I said. 'From one sociopath to another: if you don't understand the reason for something, it's always love.

Just because I loves you–That's de reason whyMa soul is full of colorLike de wings of a butterfly.Just because I loves youThat's de reason whyMa heart's a fluttering aspen leafWhen you pass by.

Be rational’ is what they tell you when you are having a sane reaction to an insane situation, and the rationale behind their conception of reason is FUCKED. Be rational. What it really means is assume your position in the status quo. Assume the position.

But reason does not govern love.

Contextualism is only the flipside of logocentrism.

In later ages the sages of India in recognition of human infirmity admitted that salvation may be won by the way of love and the way of works, but they never denied that the noblest way, though the hardest, is the way of knowledge, for its instrument is the most precious faculty of man, his reason.

Les choses les plus belles sont celles que souffle la folie et qu'écrit la raison. Il faut demeurer entre les deux, tout près de la folie quand on rêve, tout prêt de la raison quand on écrit.

Well that’s too hard. I will continue on with what we got.” When we say of a biblical command, “I don’t THINK that will work,” what we have done is elevate our reason above God’s Word.