The Reason Quotes

All the important things in life lie beyond reason... and that's just the way things are.

Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason.

In Deism our reason and our belief are happily united.

When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of inner conflict, of unsettled hearts, a sign that something has gone wrong in our moral reasoning.

As Christians, though there may be reasons to be troubled, there are greater reasons not to be.

The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges : the pox and Christianity.

The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.

For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.

Authority that is not confirmed by true reason seems weak. Whereas true reason does not need to be confirmed by any authority.

The sole purpose of marketing is to sell more to more people, more often and at higher prices. There is no other reason to do it.

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which most completely subjugated the human mind and annihilated reason.

Christianity has in fact long vanished, not only from the reason but also from the life of mankind, and it is nothing more than a fixed idea.

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

Evolution, as a mechanism, can be and must be true. But that says nothing about the nature of its author. For those who believe in God, there are reasons now to be more in awe, not less.

The reason adults should look as though they are having fun, is to give kids a reason to want to grow up.

The Wall will be standing in 50 and even in 100 years, if the reasons for it are not removed.

Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices...rather than to root them out.

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.

There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless.

The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it.

Love must be proven by facts and not by reasons.

It's of no use to look back and say, "I should have been different." At any given moment, we are the way we are, and we see what we're able to see. For that reason, guilt is always inappropriate.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

The law is reason, free from passion.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

Every human being has a personal legend to be fulfilled, and this is our reason for being in the world. This personal legend manifests itself in our enthusiasm for the task.

Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.

Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life.

I believe that everything happens for a reason.

Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.

Always question your fear, Anh. there's almost never a good reason to be scared.

When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.

Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.

Reason is not what decides love.

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb.

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

It will never be possible by pure reason to arrive at some absolute truth.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God

Chemistry has been termed by the physicist as the messy part of physics, but that is no reason why the physicists should be permitted to make a mess of chemistry when they invade it.

Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.

There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them.

Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.

[Bach is the] reason I became a musician