Reason Quotes

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." "The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions." "Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error." "What reason weaves by passion is undone" "Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe" "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form" "Prejudices are what fools use for reason." "Just give me a reason, just a little bit's enough" "Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection." "There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness" "The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct." "The law is reason, free from passion" "The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it." "Science is not only a disciple of reason but also one of romance and passion." "The only advice that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions." "A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence" "It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom" "It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail." "Our world is fast changing, but our basic ability to reason has remained largely unchanged for millennia." "Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish"