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I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.

— Deborah J. Lightfoot, The Wysard

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

— Samuel Butler, English Author

Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

— Robert G. Ingersoll, American Lawyer

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

— Steve Allen, Actor

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

— Isaac Asimov, American Writer and Professor

Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.

— Thomas Jefferson, Former US President

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only sentimental value.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher
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