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People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.

— Jonah Lehrer, American Novelist

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

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

I don’t believe in taking right decisions. Take decisions and make them right.

— Ratan Tata, Indian Industrialist

I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winning Structural Biologist

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

— Mark Twain, American Writer

What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?

— Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher

If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid.

— Genghis Khan, Founder of the Mongol Empire

Go to Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company.

— Mark Twain, American Writer
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