#reason

It is inconceivable that even the gang who runs Russia would be willing to take on war, but one always has to remember that there seemed to be no reason in 1939 for Hitler to start war, and yet he did, and he started it with a world practically unprepared. ↗

— James Forrestal

#did #even #gang #hitler #inconceivable

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#extra #liking #person #reason

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason. ↗

— Richard Chenevix Trench

#grammar #logic #reason #speech

I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#call #each #expression #guided #i

They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#cannot #difference #educate #failed #had

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined. ↗

— Blanka Vlasic

#care #disciplined #early #i #i believe

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

— Voltaire

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Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. ↗

— Voltaire

#common #common sense #contrary #more #nothing

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. ↗

— Voltaire

#never #power #reason #religion #those

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

— Bernard De Voto

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