1,806 Quotes About Reason

He is not apprehended by reason, but by life.

Brain balance is more important than bank balance.

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

Самым большим дефицитом всегда был и остаётся дефицит ума.

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.

I am trying to use reason and intelligence," said the strange new mongoose."Reason is six-sevenths of treason," said one of his neighbors."Intelligence is what the enemy uses," said another.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did Shannon in. After information theory, what do you do for an encore? The great scientists often make this error. They fail to continue to plant the little acorns from which the mighty oak trees grow. They try to get the big thing right off. And that isn't the way things go. So that is another reason why you find that when you get early recognition it seems to sterilize you.