Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. Gita, Bhagavad
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace…On much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety. Akhenaton
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. Jefferson, Thomas
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Sophocles
Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills. We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enought to feel misery. Coleridge, Samuel T.
Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills. Grillparzer, Franz
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. Paine, Thomas
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. Cowper, William
Reasoning is compared to understanding as movement is to rest, or acquisition to possession…. Since movement always proceeds from something immovable, and ends in something at rest, hence it is that human reasoning, in the order of inquiry and discovery, proceeds from certain things absolutely understood—namely, the first principles; and, again, in the order of […]
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed. Tupper
