reason

The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things it is feeble if it cannot realize that.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

Many are destined to reason wrongly others not to reason at all: and others to persecute those who do reason.

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

Come now and let us reason together.

Where I cannot satisfy my reason I love to humour my fancy.

Reason is God's gift but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.

When the human mind exists in the light of reason and no more than reason we may say with absolute certainty that Man and all that made him will be in that instant gone.

Reason deserves to be called a prophet for in showing up the consequence and effect of our actions in the present does it not tell us what the future will be?

If I go to heaven I want to take my reason with me.

The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this that the beast does but know but the man knows that he knows.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Reason is also choice.

Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback set it up on one side and it tumbles over on the other.

Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Every why hath a wherefore.

I like reality. It tastes of bread.

You know my friends with what a brave carouse I made a second marriage in my house Divorced old barren reason from my bed And took the daughter of the vine to spouse.