#reason

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#democracy #logic #reason #art

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#i #muse #need #reason #suffer

We continue to need exhortations to be sympathetic and just, even if we do not believe that there is a God who has a hand in wishing to make us so. We no longer have to be brought into line by the threat of hell or the promise of paradise; we merely have to be reminded that it is we ourselves -- that is, the most mature and reasonable parts of us (seldom present in the midst of our crises and obsessions) -- who want to lead the sort of life which we once imagined supernatural beings demanded of us. An adequate evolution of morality from superstition to reason should mean recognizing ourselves as the authors of our own moral commandments. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#commandments #god #life #morality #morals

I call him free who is led solely by reason. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#free #him #i #led #reason

It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office. ↗

— Alan Ladd

#box #box office #buying #each #everything

Even as you enter the fourth year after the Sept. 11 attacks, Bush is still misleading and deluding you and hiding the real reason from you. ↗

— Osama bin Laden

#attacks #bush #enter #even #fourth

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#analysis #authority #critical #individual #must

I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#century #every #happier #i #i think

From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being. ↗

— Brian Lamb

#being #cover #entirety #event #folks

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control. ↗

— Jerome Lawrence

#appalled #control #inherit #inspired #many