Reason Quotes - Page 7

Faith is stronger than so-called reason.

The top 10% of the people who are most creative, constructive and thoughtful, do not have much to do with churches. To them the canons of reason come first, making faith secondary and questionable.

The question is not, who uses faith and who uses reason? Everyone uses both. The question instead should be, who has the most reasonable faith?

Do not think that we say that these things are only to be received by faith, but also that they are to be asserted by reason. For indeed it is not safe to commit these things to bare faith without reason, since assuredly truth cannot be without reason.

For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.

Modernity gone wrong has isolated humanity and made human reason autonomous of (and dismissive toward) revelation.

Who talks about values, morals, and truth in all this? Nobody! There are just no outlets that can speak through all the noise! Between television, the internet, college campus, bars, parties, and work hours, there is no time left. There is so much to do there is nothing of value done!

I do not judge the individual based on their belief. If I were to, then I would, undoubtedly, be no better than the (religious) system that I frown upon.

...atheism leaves no room for excuses...

Nothing in any religious teachings goes beyond Humanism, unless you add the supernatural...Make believe is the only difference between being human and being religious.

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

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.

In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.

Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

if reason ruled the world would history even exist?

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

The only reason for time is time.

Minimise your time with those who make noises instead of speaking what is good for your ears, else, they'll attune you with balderbash. Maximise your time with those who will inject into your ears a soothing sound of wisdom, for they'll set your mind on a sound reasoning path.