Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

Galileo Galilei
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
About This Quote

Reason is a good thing. Sometimes, however, reason can be as dangerous as a gun. In this quote, the author is asking us to be cautious of the power of our own reasoning. In order for us to be excellent people, we have to keep our reasoning from going too far into the realm of being dangerous. Although some people might see this as being a good thing, reason has a way of leading us astray and making us do things we truly do not want to do.

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  1. I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
  2. See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
  3. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
  4. You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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