Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

Compelling reason will never convince blinding emotion.

Congress passed the 1887 General Allotment Act. And that act ended up dispossessing tribes of 90 million acres. That history of dispossession was also accompanied by a history of forced assimilation whether it was in residential schools, whether it was in dismantling traditional tribal governance structures. And the justifications for that is that you're not as good as us. Our systems are better. Our modes of education. Our ways of owning land, our ways of working have been continually cited to Indians as the reason for these government policies.

Conscience has nothing to do as lawgiver or judge; but is a witness against me if I do wrong, and which approves if I do right. To act against conscience is to act against reason and God's Law.

Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.

Conscience is the pulse of reason

Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore our certainty. Don't be tempted to substitute our judgment for your own.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

Content is often the reason users come to your site.

Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.

Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

Cricket was my reason for living.

Critics have a job to do. They do not criticize you without reason.

Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting

Custom does often reason overrule.

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

Custom creates the whole of equity, for the simple reason that it is accepted.

Curiosity is its own reason.

Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.

Danger is a side effect of what I do, not the reason behind it.

David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying that he did journalism for the same reason the great Julius Irving did basketball: He loved doing it even when he was having a bad day.

Death is to be feared because of the pain and loss it inflicts through love, and for no other reason.

Deism is logically compatible with evolutionary theory for the simple reason that the theory says nothing about the origin of the universe or of the laws of nature.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

Despite some remaining puzzles, there's no reason to doubt that Darwin had this point right, that all creatures on earth are biological relatives

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

Did we perfectly know the state of our own condition, and what was most proper for us, we might have reason to conclude our prayers not heard if not answered.

Do not banish reason for inequality; but let your reason serve to make the truth appear where it seems hid, and hide the false seems true.

Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

Discover the joy of giving and you will discover the reason for living.

Do not believe anything on the mere authority of teachers or priests. Accept as true and as the guide to your life only that which accords with your own reason and experience, after thorough investigation. Accept only that which contributes to the well-being of yourself and others.

Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.

Do not wait for a reason to be happy.

Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.

Don't find a reason to smile. Find a way.

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment

Don't expect me to cry for the wrong reasons.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not ashamed of my body, I just don't see any reason to not cover it up as much as possible. ... I'm someone who considered becoming a nun, for the outfit.

Don't see haters as a reason to give up; instead see them as a sign that you are starting to become successful.

Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?

Do you have to have a reason for loving?

Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his reason.

Drunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death.

Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this.

Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success. Western climbers haven't lost as many fingers or toes.

Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.

Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we're playing like we are, there's no reason not to.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Education, I am convinced, must be nothing more than this: The journey toward the limits of Reason, if any there be.

Ecology is boring for the same reason that destruction is fun.