Reason Quotes - Page 25

• A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Prayer, Men, Battle

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• Reason cannot account for those moments in life that "bewilder the intellect yet utterly quiet the heart," as G.K. Chesterton observed.

  Eric Weiner

  Heart, Quiet, Moments

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• It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights. The reason is that one fears to be thought of as an arrant braggart.

  Elizabeth Kenny

  Community, Redress, Broads

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• My Father... He was there when I didn't understand, he was there when I was wrong, he was there when I cried, he was there when I lied. For some reason my dad was always there, when I needed him the most. His love was never ending. And now that he's gone there is an emptiness in my world, but not in my heart.

  Michael Jordan

  Dad, Father, Heart

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• I can honestly say that probably 95% of the things I was afraid of, it turned out I had no reason to be. So drop fear by the wayside. Just... let it go. Then make way for a surprising tomorrow.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Let It Go, Way, Tomorrow

  FaceBook post by Neale Donald Walsch from Nov 14, 2016

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• God made us for one reason: so He could have fellowship with us. It wasn't that He was lonely or needed us but He made us in His image so He could shower His love upon us.

  Billy Graham

  Lonely, His Love, Fellowship

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• Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being.

  Milan Kundera

  Fragments, Existence, Humans

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• Whatever God's reasons for such diversity, creativity, and sophistication in the universe, on earth, and in our own bodies, the point of it all is His glory. God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.

  Francis Chan

  Art, Creativity, Diversity

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.18, David C Cook

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• Sweep up the debris of decaying faith;
  Sweep down the cobwebs of worn-out out beliefs,
  And throw your soul wide open to the light of reason and of knowledge.
  Be not afraid
  To thrust aside half-truths and grasp the whole.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Light, Soul, Cobwebs

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “Progress”

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• 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

  Sweet, People, Joy

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• People are in your life for a reason, others are there for a season and it's important to realize when those seasons are over.

  Tyrese Gibson

  People, Important, Realizing

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• Just draw 'cause you love it, you know, I think that's why you should be doing it. You should always be doing art for the right reasons, um, and with the best intentions. Anything at all is completely possible and I think that's what I like about drawing. I think it's just really fun. You can do anything you want. And that's part of, like, what's really enjoyable about it... is kind of losing yourself in it.

  Gerard Way

  Art, Fun, Thinking

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• All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Compassion, People, Spirit

  Albert Schweitzer (1984). “The Words of Albert Schweitzer”

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• Pain only hurts when you are looking for a reason to quit. You don't feel a thing when you know you can still win.

  Dane Cook

  Hurt, Pain, Winning

  Twitter post from Oct 9, 2011

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• Art is about the spontaneous connection of the artist to his own unconscious - about insight beyond reason. If his insight were reasonable, anyone could do it, but anyone cannot. Only few can, and they are called.

  David Mamet

  Art, Connections, Spontaneous

  David Mamet (2010). “Theatre”, p.91, Macmillan

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• So many people shy away from using color in their homes for fear of getting it wrong...But ignorance and fear are no reason to live in a bland box.

  Jonathan Adler

  Home, Ignorance, Color

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• Religion is an idea, and, as an idea, it should be eligible for criticism, discussion, and yes, mockery. The only reason so many believers demand special exceptions be made for religious ideas is because they know full well that their ideas don’t hold up well under scrutiny.

  Amanda Marcotte

  Religious, Ideas, Special

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• The real hell of life is that everyone has his reasons.

  Jean Renoir

  Real, Life Is, Hell

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• One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find breakthroughs more often than everyone else is that they've failed more often than everyone else.

  Seth Godin

  Thinking, People, Crafts

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• Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Speak, Persuasion, Interest

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• God is not pleased by blood – and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature. Faith is born of the soul, not the body. Whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly, without violence and threats... To convince a reasonable soul, one does not need a strong arm, or weapons of any kind, or any other means of threatening a person with death.

  Manuel II Palaiologos

  Strong, Mean, Blood

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• The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Suicide, Real, Prevention

  Ernest Hemingway, Carlos Baker (2003). “Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961”, p.223, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the reasons we think this market will start to run out of gas at some point is that you've essentially created as much gold from straw as you can from this financial alchemy

  Scott Simon

  Running, Thinking, Gold

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• To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.

  Bertrand Russell

  World, Being True, Shows

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.19, Routledge

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• The world has made everything else and still it can't make peace. And the reason it can't make peace is because of the evil, ignorance and stupidity. I have songs that explain these facts. And that's the blues.

  Willie Dixon

  Song, Ignorance, Evil

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