Inspirational Quotes on Reasoning

“Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.”

“What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord? Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness? Think of it. [The very place puts toys of desperation, Without more motive, into every brain That looks so many fathoms to the sea And hears it roar beneath.]”

“The true knowledge or science which exists nowhere but in the mind itself, has no other entity at all besides intelligibility; and therefore whatsoever is clearly intelligible, is absolutely true.”

“If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.”

“The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.”

“The preservation of society, and of the species itself, are ends that do not hang on the precarious thread of Reason: they are given by Instinct.”

“A good discourse is that from which one can take nothing without taking the life.”

“A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.”

“The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.”

“What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.”

“The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.”

“I know not if the dark or bright shall be by lot; if that wherein my hopes delight be best or not.”

“Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.”

“Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.”

“When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.”

“When passion is on the throne reason is out of doors.”

“Solitude shows us what we should be; society shows us what we are.”

“Reason in man is rather like God in the world.”

“Harmless mirth is the best cordial against the consumption of the spirit; wherefore jesting is not unlawful, if it trespasseth not in quantity, quality, or season.”

“How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.”