Embrace truth as it
Embrace truth as it is revealed to-day by human reason. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Human Reason
Among the most joyful
Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives. Elisabeth Elliot
The science of the
The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed in measuring the earth. Euclid is perpetually in their hands. Aristotle and Theophrastus are the objects of their admiration; and they express an uncommon reverence for the works of Galen. Their errors are … Read more
God has sometimes converted
God has sometimes converted wickedness into madness; and it is to the credit of human reason that men who are not in some degree mad are never capable of being in the highest degree wicked. Edmund Burke
That the world is
That the world is not the embodiment of an eternal rationality can be conclusively proved by the fact that the piece of the worldthat we know–I mean our human reason–is not so very rational. And if it is not eternally and completely wise and rational, then the rest of the world will not be either; … Read more
It may indeed prove
It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations. It is essential for the growth of reason that as individuals we should bow to forces and obey principles which we cannot hope fully to understand, yet on which the … Read more
Human reason can neither
Human reason can neither predict nor deliberately shape its own future. Its advances consist in finding out where it has been wrong. Friedrich August von Hayek
The argument for liberty
The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better. Friedrich August von Hayek
Let us enquire. Who,
Let us enquire. Who, then, shall challenge the words? Why are they challenged. And by whom? By those who call themselves the guardians of morality, and who are the constituted guardians of religion. Enquiry, it seems, suits not them. They have drawn the line, beyond which human reason shall not pass — above which human … Read more
the leading error of
the leading error of the human mind, – the bane of human happiness – the perverter of human virtue … is Religion – that dark coinage of trembling ignorance! It is Religion – that poisoner of human felicity! It is Religion – that blind guide of human reason! It is Religion – that dethroner of … Read more