1,806 Quotes About Reason

Yet I must tell you, that all these graces which are expressed by passions of sorrow, fear, joy, hope, love, are not so certainly to be tried by the passion that is in them, as by the will that is either contained in them, or supposed in them; not as acts of the sensitive, but of the rational appetite (358).

If truth is not to be spoken, Sir, in a government, calling itself free, least it should be understood by the people, who are governed; and prevent their freely supplying the oil, that facilitates the movement of the cumbrous machine—If facts, which cannot be denied, be repressed; and reason, which cannot be controverted, be stifled; the time is not far distant, when such a country may say, adieu liberty!

Live for a reasonLive with passion.

It may be crazy, but I'm the closest thing I have to a voice of reason.

Absolute is a game with only one player where Absolute forgets itself so it would have a reason to fulfill the motion while returning.

Many people may talk, but only few can practice whatever they have said.

I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.

Your teacher would like to see you do better in life than him, rather than limiting your reasoning according to his teachings.

Reason is the beheaded king, emotion the slave revolt