Reasoning Quotes

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing." "Surely, if it fits, there’s a reason." "The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence." "The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances" "Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God" "The simplest explanation is always the most likely." "There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact." "If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences and infer the motivation" "Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions" "When scientific evidence is given, reasoning is paramount." "The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way" "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value it?" "Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance" "Experience seems to most of us, for instance, to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them." "An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it." "All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts.' They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain." "All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically"