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Reasoning Quotes

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

James McLean Watson, Aristotle (1909). “Aristotle's criticisms of Plato”

A painting is more than the sum of its parts

Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.34, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Women prefer emotions to reasoning.

Stendhal (1967). “On Love”

Avoid the precepts of those thinkers whose reasoning is not confirmed by experience.

Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.969, Delphi Classics

Beware of reasoning about God's Word - obey It.

Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.30, Discovery House

Logic is one thing and commonsense another.

Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.

Peter Kreeft, Ronald K. Tacelli (2009). “Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics”, p.9, InterVarsity Press

Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions.

Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Adventures of Ideas”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive other than selfish desire and who cannot achieve their goal through logical reasoning who rely on force.

Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays”, p.355, Atlantic Books Ltd

there is no reasoning with imagination.

Maria Edgeworth (1823). “Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823”, p.398

Facts have to be discovered by observation, not by reasoning

Bertrand Russell (2013). “History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition”, p.465, Routledge