 Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. Topics: Reasoning, Nature |
| Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. Topics: Reasoning |
| Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else. Topics: Reasoning, Time |
| People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others. Topics: Reasoning |
| Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. Topics: Reasoning, Foolishness |
| The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men. Topics: Reasoning |
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| The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. Topics: Reasoning, The Heart |
| The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason. Topics: Reasoning |
| Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world. Topics: Reasoning |
| We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting. Topics: Reasoning, The Heart |
| We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike. Topics: Reasoning |
| Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects. Topics: Reasoning |
