Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. R. D. Laing Scottish Psychologist More R. D. Laing Quotes 2
Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true. Dean Inge English Author More Dean Inge Quotes 1
The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind, is now making contact with mysticism, the essence of religion and manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the intuitive mind, shows very beautifully the unity and complementary nature of the rational and intuitive modes of consciousness; of the yang and the yin. Fritjof Capra Austrian Physicist More Fritjof Capra Quotes 1
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. Richard Dawkins English Scientist More Richard Dawkins Quotes 1
While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser. Karl Marx German Philosopher More Karl Marx Quotes 1
The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate of chemical reaction. Wilhelm Ostwald German Scientist More Wilhelm Ostwald Quotes 0
But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard. Frederick Pollock English Judge More Frederick Pollock Quotes 0
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. Eleanor Roosevelt American First Lady More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes 0
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. Salman Rushdie Indian Novelist More Salman Rushdie Quotes 0
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. Bertrand Russell British Philosopher More Bertrand Russell Quotes 0
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion. Marilyn vos Savant American Writer More Marilyn vos Savant Quotes 0
Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all. Harry Seidler Australian Architect More Harry Seidler Quotes 0
The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire. Yahoo Serious Australian Director More Yahoo Serious Quotes 0
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men. Adam Weishaupt German Clergyman More Adam Weishaupt Quotes 0
A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley English Author More Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes 0
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. Orson Welles American Actor More Orson Welles Quotes 0
The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue. Alfred North Whitehead English Mathematician More Alfred North Whitehead Quotes 0
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. Oscar Wilde Irish Dramatist More Oscar Wilde Quotes 0
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. Herbert Simon American Scientist More Herbert Simon Quotes 0
I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here. Robert Anton Wilson American Writer More Robert Anton Wilson Quotes 0
How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions? Mary Wollstonecraft British Writer More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes 0
Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers. Mary Wollstonecraft British Writer More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes 0
The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. Mary Wollstonecraft British Writer More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes 0
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. William Wycherley English Dramatist More William Wycherley Quotes 0
If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long? Gloria Steinem American Activist More Gloria Steinem Quotes 0