reason Quotes

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.