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Reason Quotes - Page 36

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1973). “Chamfort maxims: anecdotes, personalities, letters, historical writings, etc”

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.

Sir Muhammad Iqbal, University of the Punjab. Dept. of Iqbal Studies, University of the Punjab (1982). “Iqbal centenary papers”

For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.

"The Master and Margarita". Book by Mikhail Bulgakov, Book Two in 'The Extraction of the Master', P/V, 1967.

If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.

Mary Astell, Bridget Hill (1986). “The first English feminist: reflections upon marriage and other writings”

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.

Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.164

Surely Islam has nothing to fear from criticism even if it be unreasonable.

Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.194, Tara Publishing

Bombing people for economic reasons is as horrible as killing a pregnant woman.

"Q&A with Kris Kristofferson". Interview with Andy Langer, www.esquire.com. February 27, 2006.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.377

The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accurst.

James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.82