1,806 Quotes About Reason

Nature doesn't create questions without creating the answers first.

The day we run out of questions, will be the day we run out of life.

Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind.

Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one’s emotions’ attempt to contaminate one’s opinions.

Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.

Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it sees the irrationality of others, it must seek to correct it, and can do this either by teaching or engaging in public affairs itself, correcting through its practice. And the purpose of action is to enable philosophy to continue, for if men are reduced to the material alone, they become no more than beasts.

Emotion as well as reason belongs to the very stuff of history.

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

Mankind is fallible, so we should not rely on our own reasoning. We cannot hope to understand the world - all we can do is stand amazed at God's creation. True knowledge only comes from revelation. We should not question received wisdom.