#reason

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#blame #causes #completely #conscience #exposed

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#gestures #listen #mankind #picturesque #rather

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. ↗

— Ken Olsen

#any #computer #his #home #individual

I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire. ↗

— Charles Olson

#american #both #defer #envy #i

I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason. ↗

— Miranda Otto

#does #film #i #i think #likes

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#ignorance #itself #obeys #reason #submits

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#better #defence #defender #faith #george

Time makes more converts than reason. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#makes #more #reason #than #time

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#errors #every #formidable #kind #most

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#possibilities #reason