Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be prejudice... If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself.
- Barry CanevaroReason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
- C.S. LewisI can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
- Oscar WildeReason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
- Ayn RandAs a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all, and thus would have been at the mercy of the Prefect
- Edgar Allan PoeThe way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
- Benjamin FranklinAnger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one
- Benjamin FranklinLittle boats should keep near shore
- Benjamin FranklinForce shites upon Reason`s Back.
- Benjamin FranklinThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard ShawOnce the people begin to reason, all is lost
- VoltairePrejudices are what fools use for reason.
- VoltaireDawn: When men of reason go to bed.
- Ambrose BierceFor in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
- Jonathan SwiftThere is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.
- Alfred AdlerThe heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
- Blaise PascalI do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
- Galileo GalileiThe heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
- Jacques Benigne BossuelHe who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
- Michel de MontaigneDubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.
- Rene DescartesPeople often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don`t correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.
- Rosabeth Moss KanterDo every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
- William James