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There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me.

There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.

There were no rules. There's no guide to follow. I would just trust my instincts for some unknown reason. Something inside me would say, "This guitar is not loud enough," and I wouldn't know why. You never know how to reach that point until you've reached it.

There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen.

The road has its own reasons and no two travelers will have the same understanding of those reasons. If indeed they come to an understanding of them at all.

The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

The rule of reason is the true sovereign in the American system.

The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes.

The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion.

These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution.

These four, however, seek the freedom of their will at the very point where they are most securely chained. It is as if the silkworm sought freedom of will in spinning. What is the reason?

These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.

The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.

the senses alone are not implicitly to be depended on. We must correct their evidence by reason, and by considerations, derived from the nature of the medium, the distance of the object, and the disposition of the organ, in order to render them, within their sphere, the proper criteria of truth and falsehood.

These patients have turned away from outer reality; it is for this reason that they are more aware than we of inner reality and can reveal to us things which without them would remain impenetrable.

These things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency.

The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.

The smarter you are, the more you know, the less reason you have to trust or love or confide.

The smarter you are, the more reasons you have to be miserable.

The smiles of infants are said to be the first fruits of human reason.

The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.

The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.

The standard reason for Thanksgiving doesn't mean nothing to me.

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it.

The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.

The state is based on this contradiction. It is based on the contradiction between public and private life, between universal and particular interests. For this reason, the state must confine itself to formal, negative activities.

The things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don’t are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It’s our burden.

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

The supreme triumph of reason is to cast doubt upon its own validity.

The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason that gods were invented was because they were basically larger versions of ourselves.

The things I can't change are the reasons you'll love me

The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.

The thought of immortality is as well founded as any other well authenticated postulate of the human reason.

The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach

The sum total of all possible knowledge of God is not possible for a human being, not even through a true revelation. But it is one of the worthiest inquiries to see how far our reason can go in the knowledge of God.

The total wall is between editorial and newsroom. And unbreachable barrier. For good reason. It doesn't mean the two sides don't talk.

The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice.

The trick is: you have to feel good for no reason.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act.

The truth is, however, that every religion form is superior to the others in a particular respect, and it is this characteristic that in fact indicates the sufficient reason for the existence of that form.

The truth is that reason is the enemy of life.

The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

The truth is I have had, for whatever reason, several movie-star boyfriends.

The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.

The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.

The truth simply is that's all. It doesn't need reasons: it doesn't have to be right: it's just the truth. Period.

The underlying reason for this is the Europeans' fear that Islamists could gain power. Many still consider authoritarian Arab regimes to be the lesser evil.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them