Sorrow is the violent smashing of reason, in that reason has no power over it.

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.

Religion is a subject which, if the believers used the same “reasoning” to address problems at work as they use to defend their beliefs, they’d soon find themselves unemployed. And if they found their child...

Somewhere Chesterton writes–I think it is Chesterton–that you cannot reason a man from a position that reason didn’t deliver him to.

Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest. I fancy a good number of us, when any line of action will promote our...

Moral philosophers say things like, ‘What is actually wrong with cannibalism?’ There are two ways of responding to that: one is to shrink back in horror and say, ‘Cannibalism! Cannibalism! We can’t talk about cannibalism!’...

when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because

4. Ditties of Life – 4.39 HUMANITY & DIVINITYWhen you lose reasoning you forget humanity,When you forget laughter you lose Divinity.[222]– 4

As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.

Constitution of souls is beyond the comprehension of science. This is beyond reasoning.….faith starts where reasoning ends. Science of souls begins where science of body ends.

Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one’s emotions’ attempt to contaminate one’s opinions.

The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.

Alas! with all her reasoning, she found, that to retentive feelings eight years may be little more than nothing.

Reason and Faith are no more antithetical than the mind and the heart, for neither one exists or has meaning without the other”. ~R. Alan Woods [2012]

At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,’ was his mildly cadaverous reply.

Things don’t happen for a reason, we make reasons out of things that happen.

There seemed no answer. He wasn’t resigned to anything, he hadn’t accepted or adjusted to the life he’d been forced into. Yet here he was, eight months after the plague’s last victim, nine since he’s...

In some situations, no one has courage to challenge the reason. Since faith causes the reasoning to evaporate.

Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us, and that is them. This crucial principle, deeply embedded in Western culture, suffices...

The first questions naturally raised by a person emerging from the fog of childhood are the same questions that led Aristotle and other great philosophers to think and write deeply on the subjects of first...

The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.

Faith without reason produces a mindless Christianity which is less than useless; the focus on justice in this world produces a theology that chases its own tail.”~R. Alan Woods [2013]

Mathematics is not arithmetic. Though mathematics may have arisen from the practices of counting and measuring it really deals with logical reasoning in which theorems—general and specific statements—can be deduced from the starting assumptions. It...

«En lo que se refiere a Dios hay que creer, no razonar», decía Herbert. «Si razonas, Dios se esfuma como una bocanada de humo.»

Training is a good dog, a constant companion and an utterly loyal and devoted friend, and everyone should have one. Education is a nagging counselor. And, I am convinced, everyone does have one. It happens,...

The more you read, the harder it is to condemn.

hapIf you’re brighter than a lightning bug, don’t show your ass

Like Aristotle, conservatives generally accept the world as it is; they distrust the politics of abstract reason – that is, reason divorced from experience.

you may be wrong to be right in the wrong direction, but, what is the wrong direction?

The idea that reason and rationality is somehow separate from and antithetical to ones ‘ heart’ is one of the most absurd theologies I have ever in my life heard.” ~R. Alan Woods (“Just Keeping...

By Hays’ reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a human body with a sword, a common way to kill people in biblical...

Scholars note that human reasoning is limited not only by imperfect information and innate intellectual capacities but also by the broader culture that subsequently shapes the very optics that individuals use to categorize the world.

Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a continual friend and a solace; it helps you now, and assures you of help in...

All people, whether Aspie or neuro-typical are predisposed by their society to make guesses, jump to conclusions and then seek to defend those conclusions, regardless of logic or changing circumstance. This is sloppy, illogical thinking...

I painted my walls yellow, with melted butter, because I recently discovered that I had a popcorn ceiling. It’s this kind of reasoning that leads me to think I might make a great politician. Vote...

How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around it can take. For truth is a matter that can...

The sensible man,’ Crow had said (to Sherlock Holmes), ‘don’t look to confirm what he already knows — he looks to deny it. Finding evidence that backs up your theories ain’t useful, but finding evidence...

Like Molière’s M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware of all the principles underlying what they were doing. The...

Being that ‘reason is not antithetical to faith’ (Woods) and that Pentecost established the Reality of super-nature (Lewis) and that ‘theology matters’ (Wimber), then ’empowered evangelicalism’ (Nathan) is the natural expression of discipleship.”~R. Alan Woods...

It’s fallacious reasoning for the atheist to hate all religion due to men who manipulate religion to fit their own agendas. They are counterparts, therefore, if Truth is true, partners in crime. To believers, the...

Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Animal… In truth, man is incurably foolish....

Words never fail. We hear them, we read them; they enter into the mind and become part of us for as long as we shall live. Who speaks reason to his fellowmen bestows it upon...

In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable.

Reasoning is the mental tool that use to think with

What feminists refer to as microaggressions, the rest of us sane adults call life….The concept of microaggressions encourages women to think that every single thing in the world is, or should be, about them. It...

There are three people one can never reason with: a drunk, a crazy person, and a fool.

Positive thinking relates to an art of reasoning with the quality of hope for a better future either in the face of difficulties or in the presence of abundance of opportunities.

Nobody wants to know how you feel, yet, they want you to do what they feel.

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker...