reason Quotes

I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

God does not play dice.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.