Reason

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave

The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism

Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity

I have never yet been able to perceive how anything can be known for truth by consecutive reasoning - and yet it must be

Negative capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe

Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful

Some people read because they are too lazy to think

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common