Reason & Understanding Quotes

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.

We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.

Some emotions are essential to law and to public principles of justice: anger at wrongdoing, fear for our safety, compassion for the pain of others, all these are good reasons to make laws that protect people in their rights.

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.

Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it?

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

Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

I'm just here to say, 'Just be a good person, and really respect others.'

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

One thing you get from me is peace, love, and positivity.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.