Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Rationality Quotes
Intellectual IntegrityMoralityRationality I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
KnowledgeLogicPhilosophyRationalityReason Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
CognitionConformityDevianceGroup BehaviorRationality In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
CompetenceKnowledgeRationality The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
BeliefLogicRationalityReasoning When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.
HumanismRationalityScienceSuperstitionTechnology As a Humanist, I love science. I hate superstition, which could never have given us A-bombs.
InstinctsRationalitySelf Reflection We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
CreativityMeaningRationalityTruth Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
DebateDeliberationRationalitySelf-Control Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.
CapitalismEconomicsGreedHuman NatureRationality While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.
Critical ThinkingFoundations Of KnowledgeLogicPhilosophyRationality Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all, or else to be, in the sense in which we are using the word, logical.
Cultural TaboosNormsPsychologyRationalitySociety Remember, taboos are just a map of what a society feels it's acceptable to be neurotic about. Taboos aren't rational.
MindPerceptionRationalityThought The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
Human NatureRationalitySkepticism It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
Human ProgressRationalityScienceSecularism Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
ArgumentConformityCritical ThinkingJudgmentRationality Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
