Quotes about Reason
Let your desires be ruled by reason.
- Cicero
The task of dogmatics is precisely to rationally reproduce the content of revelation that relates to the knowledge of God.
- Herman Bavinck
Reason was cast down from this exalted pedestal by the philosophy of Kant, by the theology of Schleiermacher and with the rise of the Romantic school.
- Herman Bavinck
Whoever intentionally robs himself of self-consciousness, reason, and will, extinguishes the light which God has given to man, annihilates his human freedom and independence, and degrades himself to an instrument for an alien and unknown power.
- Herman Bavinck
My brethren, the reason why you do not have contentment in the things of the world is not that you do not have enough of them. The reason is that they are not things proportional to that immortal soul of yours that is capable of God Himself.
- Jeremiah Burroughs
In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline. Dionysian; Apollonian. Passion;reason.
- Steven Pressfield
If it does not appear reasonable to you, it is reasonable for you, to believe in God.
- Cornelius Van Til
Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
- Victor Hugo
It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.
- Peter Kreeft
It is closer to the truth to say that God is crazy than that God is reasonable. I suspect God merely smiles when someone calls him crazy, but shakes His head and frowns when someone calls Him reasonable.
- Peter Kreeft
Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.
- Peter Kreeft
Not all the truths of faith can be proved by reason, but all arguments against the truths of faith can be disproved by reason.
- Peter Kreeft