Quotes on rationality

“One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters.”

Stefan Molyneux

“You cannot connect with anyone except through reality.”

Stefan Molyneux

“We may not yet know the right way to go, but we should at least stop going in the wrong direction.”

Stefan Molyneux

“Sanity is not about confrontation. It's about filtering. Having a stable and happy life is about saying no to crazy people, not about inviting them in and then hoping that confrontations are going to make them sane.”

Stefan Molyneux

“Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable.”

Stefan Molyneux

“What a paradox it is, the sane causes more problems than the insane! It is! The real problems of the world do not come from the insane but, the sane!”

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Facts do not fall in the face of discomfort.”

Stefan Molyneux

“Never assume that another person knows what you know or thinks what you think. We are all unique.”

Laurence Overmire

Rationality is not a simple matter of rules; it requires understanding the context of the traditions we inherit.

Alasdair C. MacIntyre

It is rational to believe in God without any arguments or evidence.

Alvin Plantinga

Belief in God is not only rational, it is warranted.

Alvin Plantinga

To be truly sovereign is to be beyond the confines of rational thought and self-control.

Georges Bataille

Acéphale leads us away from the idea of man as a rational animal.

Georges Bataille

There is no rational order in the universe, except in the laws of nature.

Baruch Spinoza

The desire for a completely rational life is a fantasy.

Bernard Williams