#reason

Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul. ↗

— James M. Baldwin

#form #identifying #important #important step #latter

Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#freedom #nothing #public #reason #sumptuous

There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#frivolous #get #got #life #question

If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#guide #light #minds #must #our

I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't. ↗

— Dana Hill

#felt #i #mountain #nervous #no reason

Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#art #human #limitations #logic #misunderstanding

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#dawn #go #men #reason

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#approximate #characters #example #followers #imitate

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#habit #mind #moderation #nature #reason

We have, for whatever the reason, disturbed people... who sometimes do terrible, violent things, and sometimes those of us who serve in elected positions are the target. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#elected #people #positions #reason #serve