Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.
Who combats bravely is not therefore brave He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise His pride in reasoning not in acting lies.
When Im getting ready to reason with a man I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.
God hath not created anything better than Reason or anything more perfect or more beautiful than Reason; the benefits which God giveth are on its account; and understanding is by it and Gods wrath is caused by disregard of it.
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.
Reasons last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it.
Who combats bravely is not therefore brave He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise His pride in reasoning not in acting lies.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others not to reason At all; and others to persecute those who do reason.
Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
REASON v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.
To live is like to love all reason is against it and all healthy instinct for it.
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.
Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: The first is law the last prerogative.
Hear reason or she?ll make you feel her.
Reason can in general do more than blind force.
Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
I will it. I insist on it! Let my will stand instead of reason.
All our knowledge begins with the senses proceeds then to the understanding and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
When Im getting ready to reason with a man I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.
Money will not make you happy and happy will not make you money.
A man always has two reasons for what he does- a good one and the real one.
How comes it to pass then that we appear such cowards in reasoning and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule?
The man who listens to Reason is lost; Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.
It is not faith and works; it is not faith or works; it is faith that works.
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
God hath not created anything better than Reason or anything more perfect or more beautiful than Reason; the benefits which God giveth are on its account; and understanding is by it and Gods wrath is caused by disregard of it.