Rationality Quotes
The rationality of our universe is best suggested by the fact that we can discover more about it from any starting point, as if it were a fabric that will unravel from any thread.
The battle for evolution seems never-ending. And the battle is part of a wider war, a war between rationality and superstition.
Unrestricted laissez faire capitalism allocates resources in a most efficient way to satisfy human wants without regard to the rationality or morality of those desires.
By the way, the point between rationality and what we would call the irrational is a very difficult point to establish. There’s no specific line, as you know.
Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.
I believe that intelligence and rationality will always be primary no matter what shape sentient creatures take. To not think that would be to doubt the value of life itself.
Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.
If life teaches anything at all it teaches that there are so many happy endings that the man who believes that there is no God needs his rationality called into serious question.
When a man tells you he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring he is an inexact man.
Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another — except brute, physical force.
We may not yet know the right way to go, but we should at least stop going in the wrong direction.
And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable.
The joy from eating does not come from the exclusivity of the food, but instead from the sensitivity that we eat it with.
Why should a religion claim that it is not bound to abide by the standpoint of reason! If one does not take the standard of reason, there cannot be any true judgment, even in the case of religion.
Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political culture having more in common with religion than rational discourse.
On your quest to spirituality it is often required to suspend your rationality but true spirituality asks that you enhance your rationality.
Writing my own novels in the '90s...I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
Believing that there is a conflict between rationality and spirituality is like believing that there is a conflict between knowledge and inspiration.
Once your fairytale gets shattered multiple times, life will finally paint reality in its place.
The human has not one but two births – first, when a person is born from the mother’s womb, and second, when that person rises from the socio-culturally imposed cocoon of prejudices and ignorance.
In the society of thinking humanity, the natural law of trust should be - In I, I trust.
Rationality and calm self-determination were one of the great illusions of the universe... in the end, we were all ruled by our passions.
To evade insanity and depression, we unconsciously limit the number of people toward whom we are sincerely sympathetic.
A narrow hallway is all that separates rational from irrational, creativity from insanity, and intelligence from stupidity.
The more rational we are, the more emotional we can be.
Never trust books on the question of whether or not to trust your rational thinking. Trust your rational thinking on the question of whether or not to trust the books.
A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar.
A man who does not question his own judgment, society, and who flourishes between deceit and bewilderment, fails his moral responsibility as a rational being.
As understanding deepens, the further removed it becomes from knowledge.
Tribalism is an addiction that is driven by false beliefs that need to be reflected back to be perceived as true.
Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss.
If we were rational enough to judge what we are fed based on what we are fed, those in the business of selling us hope (i.e., public speakers, presidents, priests, etc.) wouldn't wear suits.