Short quotations about, reason - Page 2

Robert

This duality has been reflected in …

17 Dec , 2013  

This duality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versus passion, or mind and the “unconscious.” There are moments in each of our lives when our verbal-intellect suggests one course, and our “heart” or intuition, another. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert ,

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George Gordon Noel Byron

Those who will not reason are bigot…

18 Jan , 2013  

Those who will not reason are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. Great short quote and quotation by: George Gordon Noel Byron ,

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Time heals what reason cannot….

13 Oct , 2011  

Time heals what reason cannot. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)

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To argue with a person who has reno…

13 Oct , 2011  

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Paine , US patriot & political philosopher (1737 – 1809)

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Tillotson

To be able to bear provocation is a…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind. Great short quote and quotation by: Tillotson ,

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Dorothy Sayers, Gaudy Night

To be possessed is an admirable rea…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be possessed is an admirable reason for possessing. Great short quote and quotation by: Dorothy Sayers, Gaudy Night ,

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Whitheead

True courage is not the brutal forc…

13 Oct , 2011  

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. Great short quote and quotation by: Whitheead ,

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Trust your instinct to the end, tho…

5 Aug , 2011  

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Undeserved praise causes more pangs…

4 Aug , 2011  

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated. Great short quote and quotation by: Friedrich Nietzsche , German philosopher (1844 – 1900)

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Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Vanity makes us do more things agai…

24 Mar , 2011  

Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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George Sands

Vanity is the quicksand of reason….

24 Mar , 2011  

Vanity is the quicksand of reason. Great short quote and quotation by: George Sands ,

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Viewed from the summit of reason, a…

24 Mar , 2011  

Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)

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