But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion. To this there also belongs...

Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trendis statism. Philosophically, the goal is theobliteration of reason;psychologically, it is theerosion of ambition.

Gurion would lament: What is the good of trying to do justice if God will kill me and my family whether or not I do justice?

Our greater beastliness lies not in a penchant for brute force,but in our greater corruption, nihilism, and decadence; in our servitude to the overwhelming systems we create; in the sociopathic rationalism we adopt to master...

We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.

While reason steers a man, it is faith alone that moves him

I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.

The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.

It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men… and modern nations, in the consecrations of kings, and in several superstitious...

Sì perché l’autorità dell’opinione di mille nelle scienze non val per una scintilla di ragione di un solo, sì perché le presenti osservazioni spogliano d’autorità i decreti de’ passati scrittori, i quali se vedute l’avessero,...

Winning is still the reason that I drive in formula one. And the title, as well. I’m not here just to be part of it. I haven’t forgotten how to win.

I’m just about the best singer I know, and it’s time for everybody to say that. I have total facility with my voice. And for some weird reason, critics don’t talk about it.

I really don’t know what the reason is, but I’ve seen the numbers. And it’s very interesting.

It’s funny shooting movies because you get to see clubs during daylight hours, which no one should ever see – it’s not pretty; there’s a reason the lighting is dim in there.

In philosophy, metaphorical pluralism is the norm. Our most important abstract philosophical concepts, including time, causation, morality, and the mind, are all conceptualized by multiple metaphors, sometimes as many as two dozen. What each philosophical...

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live –moreover, the only one.

I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason – to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Nothing is required for this enlightenment except freedom; and the freedom in question is the least harmful of all, namely, the freedom to use with and publicly...

Yeah. I know why she cuts. I just don’t know the seed-reason. It’s deep inside her, and it’ll take time and patience to get it out of her.

It’s useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take them too seriously....

Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the Bible does not purport to be a textbook of science, the old controversy...

The reason why I left 15 years ago was because it was becoming agony for me, … But I’m a very different person, so I wondered if it would be fun again. You know, why...

Hold childhood in reverence, and do not be in any hurry to judge it for good or ill. Leave exceptional cases to show themselves, let their qualities be tested and confirmed, before special methods are...

The judge of the Moscow City Court refused to review proceedings when we appealed, without citing a single reason.

I never realized it until I watched an interview, but sometimes my brain stutters between thoughts, and for some reason it comes out as an ‘ummmm.’ I’m hoping it’s because I’m so smart, and there’s...

In the average, want overcomes reason. In the magnificent, reason is the want.

We should challenge the relativism that tells us there is no right or wrong, when every instinct of our mind knows it is not so, and is a mere excuse to allow us to indulge...

We have no reason to suspect this was anything other than, well, a burglary.

Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amendment, we should recall, forbids Congress both from establishing laws designating a state...

On the contrary, … The Pentagon report shows that there is every reason to believe that China intends either to coerce Taiwan or to attack it. There is no third option.

Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.

When once we quit the basis of sensation, all is in the wind. To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, god, are immaterial, is to...

Without any further word from Saudi Arabia about production, … there is no reason to believe that we won’t see prices move higher.

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons.

It’s traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It’s done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it’s not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal...

We are here for a reason. We honestly feel they are the favorite but we are not a stepping stone for them. They are not going to step on us. We are a road block...

People who have cut their teeth on philosophical problems of rationality, knowledge, perception, free will and other minds are well placed to think better about problems of evidence, decision making, responsibility and ethics that life...

Philosophy is an infertile hybrid. Life is a prolific hermaphrodite.

Faith is a continuation of reason.

Reason and memory are nearly always at odds.

The adult world may seem a cold and empty place, with no fairies and no Father Christmas, no Toyland or Narnia, no Happy Hunting Ground where mourned pets go, and no angels – guardian or...

I got the nickname Spitfire for a reason – I burned inside to play volleyball.

Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence. That goal must be attained by means of exact science and can only...

The only reason I’m coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

The way I’m just going to take it is everything happens for a reason. I went out there, trying to get some outs. It was a tight game.

The reason we’re using the zipper lane barrier is it gives a little more than the regular barrier, so we don’t want a car, when it impacts it, to ricochet back into the other lane...

Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,Such shaping fantasies, that apprehendMore than cool reason ever comprehends.The lunatic, the lover and the poetAre of imagination all compact:One sees more devils than vast hell can hold,That is,...

Were such things here as we do speak about?Or have we eaten on the insane rootThat takes the reason prisoner?

Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.