reason Quotes

All human actions are caused by one or more of these seven things: chance, nature, force, habit, reason, strong emotion, or desire.

Law is mind without reason.

If something's bound to happen, it will happen.. Right time, right person, and for the best reason.

The physician himself, if sick, actually calls in another physician, knowing that he cannot reason correctly if required to judge his own condition while suffering.

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.

They - Young People have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things - and that means having exalted notions. They... ...

The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.

The law is reason unaffected by desire.

Just as bats can't see well in bright daylight, our reason struggles to grasp things that are naturally most obvious.

We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing by syllogism: not that we should practice both, for it is not right to persuade to what is... ...