Best 3829 quotes in «reason quotes» category

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.

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

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

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.

...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.

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

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.

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 banish reason for inequality; but let your reason serve to make the truth appear where it seems hid, and hide the false seems true.

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.

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

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

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

Do you have to have a reason for loving?

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness, to teach him how to develop that uniqueness, and then to show him how to share it because that’s the only reason for having anything.

Embrace truth as it is revealed to-day by human reason.

Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we're so interested in them.

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a glorious tapestry or humanity is just a hopelessly tangled knot.

Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection.

Emotions have taught mankind to reason.

Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight.

Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight, Past reason hunted, and no sooner had Past reason hated

Enthusiasm is not contrary to reason; it is reason - on fire.

Enthusiasm is the fever of reason.

Emotion is the foundation of reason.

Establishing a client state in Iraq would significantly enhance that strategic power, a matter of great significance for the future. As Zbigniew Brzezinski observed, it would provide the US with "critical leverage" of its European and Asian rivals, a conception with roots in early post-war planning. These are substantial reasons for aggression - not unlike those of the British when they invaded and occupied Iraq over 80 years earlier, at the dawn of the oil age.

Even the dog is described by the poet to have received justice under Ramarajya.

Even after the observation of the frequent conjunction of objects, we have no reason to draw any inference concerning any object beyond those of which we have had experience.

Even a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.

Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we're doing something that we genuinely love. There's no other reason to work this hard, except that love.

Even to get Yahya Khan to reason was an impossible task - it only made you lose your temper.

Everybody is looking for a reason to not to take responsibility for their own actions in hand.