100 Quotes About Reasoning

Bullshit has a way of getting itself mixed in with the truth. So here's a compilation of the most brilliant and truthful reasoning quotes ever.

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone...
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I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say. Elizabeth Gaskell
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Naive people tend to generalize people as–-good, bad, kind, or evil based on their actions. However, even the smartest person in the world is not the wisest or the most spiritual, in all matters. We are all flawed. Maybe, you didn’t know a few of these things about Einstein, but it puts the notion of perfection to rest. Perfection doesn’t exist in anyone. Nor, does a person’s mistakes make them less valuable to the world. 1. He divorced the mother of his children, which caused Mileva, his wife, to have a break down and be hospitalized.2. He was a ladies man and was known to have had several affairs; infidelity was listed as a reason for his divorce.3. He married his cousin.4. He had an estranged relationship with his son.5. He had his first child out of wedlock.6. He urged the FDR to build the Atom bomb, which killed thousands of people.7. He was Jewish, yet he made many arguments for the possibility of God. Yet, hypocritically he did not believe in the Jewish God or Christianity. He stated, “I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind. . Shannon L. Alder
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You are not just for the right or left, but for what is right over the wrong. Suzy Kassem
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Your mind can be your enemy or friend. If you always follow your heart, your mind will feel neglected. If you follow only your mind, your heart will never forgive you. Never ignore your conscience, yet always be conscious of reason. Make your heart and mind friends and you will have peace of mind throughout life's seasons. Suzy Kassem
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By Hays' reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a human body with a sword, a common way to kill people in biblical times, is acceptable. Apparently human bodies were designed to be penetrated by metal implements, but not by flesh. Hector Avalos
Empathy nurtures wisdom. Apathy cultivates ignorance.
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Empathy nurtures wisdom. Apathy cultivates ignorance. Suzy Kassem
Mystics reign where lacks true education.
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Mystics reign where lacks true education. Abhijit Naskar
Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind...
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Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind reasons. Raheel Farooq
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I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be proud to be stupid, be proud to be fool. Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. I admit I am a fool, but at the very least, with each passing day I do my best to get lesser fool. Abhijit Naskar
Being a fool is a billion times better than being...
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Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. Abhijit Naskar
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not...
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Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion. Abhijit Naskar
Make films that purify the soul with the flow of...
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Make films that purify the soul with the flow of rational, vigorous and compassionate thinking. Abhijit Naskar
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Religion without reason is merely an illusion of religion — it is a mockery of religion, like it has become today. Abhijit Naskar
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When the mind is without fear and prejudice, and the head is held high with the strength of reasoning, then only the brightest rays of religion can penetrate the darkest corners of the human society. Abhijit Naskar
Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another:...
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Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: Why can't you see who I truly am? Shannon L. Alder
When man determined to destroy himself he picked the was...
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When man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because E.e. Cummings
I don't understand how can people hold faith and reasoning...
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I don't understand how can people hold faith and reasoning in the same head. To my understanding, faith, like love, is blind. Tarif Naaz
When you leave reasoning & start believing than nothing is...
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When you leave reasoning & start believing than nothing is reasonable & everything is believable. Imran Bughio
Blind faith is not real religion my friend.
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Blind faith is not real religion my friend. Abhijit Naskar
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Killing a bunch of Jihadis may be morally justified, to save humanity from their wrath, but it won't terminate Jihad for long. Jihad or Holy war would keep festering one way or another, until religious fundamentalism is eradicated from the human society. Until the whole humanity learns to scrutinize its most revered scriptures with the sharp tool of reasoning, Jihad will keep on striking over the world. If one does not have the basic conscientious capacity to refute the primitive textual verses of the scriptures that demand one to kill or torture another being for holding a different belief system than one's own, then that entity is no being of the civilized human society, it is merely a pest from the stone-age. No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater than the human self. There shall be hope for harmony and peace in the world, only when fundamentalism is destroyed forever. Harmony is not a luxury, it is an existential necessity of the species. And to achieve it, if a hundred Bibles have to be sacrificed, then be it. But for no Bible, Quran or Gita, can harmony be compromised. Abhijit Naskar
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The moment the religious population of the world begins to see the prophets what they really were - mortal teachers of the mortal world, a great portion of the world's religious conflicts shall vanish into thin air. Abhijit Naskar
Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self...
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Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self — in the spirit within, is imperative. Abhijit Naskar
Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self...
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Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self — in the spirit within, is imperative. Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the human first, then God if you want. Abhijit Naskar
Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the human first,...
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Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the human first, then God if you want. Abhijit Naskar
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Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Animal.. In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which other animals easily learn, he is incapable of learning. Among my experiments was this. In an hour I taught a cat and a dog to be friends. I put them in a cage. In another hour I taught them to be friends with a rabbit. In the course of two days I was able to add a fox, a goose, a squirrel and some doves. Finally a monkey. They lived together in peace; even affectionately. Next, in another cage I confined an Irish Catholic from Tipperary, and as soon as he seemed tame I added a Scotch Presbyterian from Aberdeen. Next a Turk from Constantinople; a Greek Christian from Crete; an Armenian; a Methodist from the wilds of Arkansas; a Buddhist from China; a Brahman from Benares. Finally, a Salvation Army Colonel from Wapping. Then I stayed away for two whole days. When I came back to note results, the cage of Higher Animals was all right, but in the other there was but a chaos of gory odds and ends of turbans and fezzes and plaids and bones and flesh--not a specimen left alive. These Reasoning Animals had disagreed on a theological detail and carried the matter to a Higher Court. . Mark Twain
There is only one ideal in the world, which is,...
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There is only one ideal in the world, which is, the light of knowledge — the light of truth. Abhijit Naskar
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When you don’t have explanation for a certain phenomenon, as a real human, you should suspend judgement, instead of concocting supernatural explanations out of ignorance and primordial fanaticism. Abhijit Naskar
It is better to be foolish than a dilettante.
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It is better to be foolish than a dilettante. Abhijit Naskar
Children must be taught how to think, not what to...
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead
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Training is a good dog, a constant companion and an utterly loyal and devoted friend, and everyone should have one. Education is a nagging counselor. And, I am convinced, everyone does have one. It happens, however, that some nagging counselors have grown strong by a certain kind of nourishment. Others are weak and puny, even infantile, having never been nourished at all. Richard Mitchell
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Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a continual friend and a solace; it helps you now, and assures you of help in the future. Good education is a continual pain in the neck, and assures you always of more of the same. Richard Mitchell
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People fight over religion, because they don't understand religion. They think reading a few Bibles, Qurans and Vedas makes them religious. Books are not religion my friend. Real religion is realization of the Self. Abhijit Naskar
Any scripture that demands irrefutable obedience must be discarded at...
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Any scripture that demands irrefutable obedience must be discarded at once. Abhijit Naskar
The greatest Church is within you, and it is made...
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The greatest Church is within you, and it is made of love, courage and conscience. Abhijit Naskar
Christ the man died long ago, but Christ the idea...
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Christ the man died long ago, but Christ the idea of love, still exists, not in any church, rather in the mind of humans. Abhijit Naskar
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I have a little moral trouble with the term “mankind”, as it possesses an innate gender bias, which I cannot approve of, hence, I prefer the term “humanity” over it, and the term “human” over “man”. Abhijit Naskar
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It is an utter insult towards the fascinating neurons of your cerebral cortex, to believe anybody’s words blindly, even if that person is a Scientist or a Philosopher. So, I urge to you, that you must exercise your own reasoning and judgment (that’s what your cerebral cortex is for; to be specific the frontal lobes) at all times. Abhijit Naskar
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If poverty defines greatness, then become the poorest person on earth, in terms of weakness and bigotry. And if wealth defines glory, then become the wealthiest person on earth, in terms of courage, confidence and reasoning. Abhijit Naskar
Learn the truth...never assume. Understand the plight...never judge. Put yourself...
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Learn the truth...never assume. Understand the plight...never judge. Put yourself in someone's shoes...never hurt. Think before you act, reason before you react. Kemi Sogunle
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is...
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei
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Logic is the science of the justification of conclusions we have reached by natural reasoning. My point is that, for such natural reasoning to occur, consciousness is not necessary. The very reason we need logic at all is because most reasoning is not conscious at all. Julian Jaynes
Progress of the human society is predicated upon the proper...
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Progress of the human society is predicated upon the proper functioning of a key element of the human mind, that is reasoning. Abhijit Naskar
A sex worker deserves a billion times more respect, than...
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A sex worker deserves a billion times more respect, than the mystical fraudsters of the society, such as astrologers, psychics and tarot card readers. Abhijit Naskar
No Lord Almighty created the humans out of personal will....
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No Lord Almighty created the humans out of personal will. Creationism is simply a myth created by the weak and ignorant humans out of a psychological need to have a sense of eternal security. Abhijit Naskar
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Changing the spelling of one's name to ensure success, performing rituals for good luck, wearing colored gem stones for success in business — all these fall into the same category of psychological reinforcement. Hence, emerged the blood-sucking professions of astrology, palmistry, vastushastra, numerology etc. The very existence of these fraudulent professions is predicated on the fear and anxiety of vulnerable masses. Thus, a person’s superstitious beliefs become the tool of exploitation in the hands of ruthless fraudsters. . Abhijit Naskar
It is all about the trade of ignorance. And India...
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It is all about the trade of ignorance. And India is such a bronze-age nation that is filled with these trades (astrology, palm reading, vastushashtra and others). Abhijit Naskar
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Common people tend to term any kind of bizarre phenomenon as “paranormal” or “supernatural”. They often exaggerate it as the work of the Gods. Behind this belief is nothing but primitive ignorance. Social progress means that people must (a necessity, not a luxury) align their beliefs and behavior to new knowledge and understanding of nature. Abhijit Naskar
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Belief is indeed psychologically important for the human mind of general population, but that belief should be nicely compatible with scientific reasoning, otherwise that belief turns into prejudice, which is never beneficial to the human life. Abhijit Naskar
Psychics, astrology, tarot cards - all these mystical non-sense are...
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Psychics, astrology, tarot cards - all these mystical non-sense are signs of a weak mind. Whenever such garbage starts grabbing hold of you, seek the help of a physician or therapist. Abhijit Naskar
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The gut is the seat of all feeling. Polluting the gut not only cripples your immune system, but also destroys your sense of empathy, the ability to identify with other humans. Bad bacteria in the gut creates neurological issues. Autism can be cured by detoxifying the bellies of young children. People who think that feelings come from the heart are wrong. The gut is where you feel the loss of a loved one first. It's where you feel pain and a heavy bulk of your emotions. It's the central base of your entire immune system. If your gut is loaded with negative bacteria, it affects your mind. Your heart is the seat of your conscience. If your mind is corrupted, it affects your conscience. The heart is the Sun. The gut is the Moon. The pineal gland is Neptune, and your brain and nervous system (5 senses) are Mercury. What affects the moon or sun affects the entire universe within. So, if you poison the gut, it affects your entire nervous system, your sense of reasoning, and your senses. . Suzy Kassem
The gut is the seat of all feeling. Polluting the...
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The gut is the seat of all feeling. Polluting the gut not only cripples your immune system, but also destroys your sense of empathy, the ability to identify with other humans. Suzy Kassem
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Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest. I fancy a good number of us, when any line of action will promote our own interest, can make ourselves believe that reasons exist which compel us to it as a duty. Elizabeth Gaskell
It is reasonable to reason with God because when you...
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It is reasonable to reason with God because when you only rely on human reasoning, you will be diverted from your purpose. Gift Gugu Mona
The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.
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The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons. Jean Renoir
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The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for them. For example, when the British invaded India, many Indians accepted to work for the British to kill off Indians who resisted their occupation. So in other words, many Indians were hired to kill other Indians on behalf of the enemy for a paycheck. Today, we have mercenaries in Africa, corporate armies from the western world, and unemployed men throughout the Middle East killing their own people - and people of other nations - for a paycheck. To act without a conscience, but for a paycheck, makes anyone a dangerous animal. The devil would be powerless if he couldn't entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between brothers. . Suzy Kassem
Rhetoric abounds in the cemeteries of reason.
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Rhetoric abounds in the cemeteries of reason. Miguel Queah
Like Aristotle, conservatives generally accept the world as it is;...
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Like Aristotle, conservatives generally accept the world as it is; they distrust the politics of abstract reason — that is, reason divorced from experience. Benjamin Wiker
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I can understand backward patriarchal reasoning coming from a male, but from a woman - and of all people, a leader of women? It says something profound about leadership - and, if anything - what it says about followers is not very flattering at all. Christina Engela
As many ideas you can generate, encourage them to form...
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As many ideas you can generate, encourage them to form nests in your mind, for one will surely liberate you. AuliqIce
The SECRET to unravelling Life's MYSTERIES is thinking.
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The SECRET to unravelling Life's MYSTERIES is thinking. AuliqIce
Thinking makes man to be god & GOD to dwell...
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Thinking makes man to be god & GOD to dwell in Man. AuliqIce
As I have said, you have no reason to trust...
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As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to. Robin McKinley
No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater...
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No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater than the human self. Abhijit Naskar
I see you better in music, I hear you better...
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I see you better in music, I hear you better in wind, I feel you more in a flooding moonlight, that understands nothing, but darkness and silence. Anthony Liccione
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Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools. Abhijit Naskar
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Now we’ve a real intellectual impasse. Our reason, which is supposed to make things more intelligible, seems to be making them less intelligible, and when reason thus defeats its own purpose something has to be changed in the structure of our reason itself. Robert M. Pirsig
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I think it’s important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. [With analogy] we are doing this because it’s like something else that was done, or it is like what other people are doing. [With first principles] you boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there. Elon Musk
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Facts and science without the presence of wisdom and reason are worth a little less than nothing, while wisdom and reason without the presence of facts and science are worth far more than people without wisdom and reason are capable to expect. Hasse Jerner
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Human reason can excuse any evil. Veronica Roth
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Modern society is modern because of its mental cocktail of reasoning and compassion. Turn the compassion network in the brain off, and it will be a society of heartless robots. On the other hand, turn the reasoning network off, and it will be a society of dumb sentimental apes. Abhijit Naskar
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Out of all the other gangs that were around, you could always have come to the reasoning table of the Rebellions without being fearful and present your case, and whatever is decided at the reasoning table you know that is what it will be, whether it’s war or peace. Unlike the other gangs that were around, you didn’t even know who to talk to. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members . Drexel Deal
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If achieving world peace and ending poverty were really genuine concerns to the majority, then they would have happened already by now. So, either people are not aware of their collective power, or their fears overpower their desires. The amount of money spent on the military-industrial complex in one year is more than enough to end hunger in Africa. Every problem on earth today has more than one solution. However, priorities are determined by values. Suzy Kassem
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Some people will follow their minds without listening to their hearts, and others will follow their hearts without listening to their minds. This is why reason exists, for there to be balance between the heart and mind. We were not meant to follow the mind and ignore the heart. Instead, we were meant to follow the heart over the mind, but without completely abandoning logic. The middle way is the preferred way, and this path simply means to allow your heart to drive you, but do not forget to balance reason with your conscience. Suzy Kassem
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You wake up for a reason, you eat for a reason, you dress for a reason and you sleep for a reason. All we do run on the pivot of reasons. For what reasons do you fear? For what reasons do you think? For what reasons do you talk? For what reasons do you open that door each day? For what reasons do you love? For what reasons do you hate? Until we get the reasonable reasons to reason, we shall always ponder over the reasons why we reasoned or we could not reason. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Great men take and overtake risk tactically Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful biases dictate our behavior. Abhijit Naskar
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Every single human being is neurologically predisposed to be biased in various walks of life. It is biologically impossible to be absolutely free from all biases, nevertheless, the more a person rigorously trains the self to be rational and conscientious, the more that self becomes strong enough to keep the biases in check, never to let them run rampant over the psyche. Abhijit Naskar
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The human brain always concocts biases to aid in the construction of a coherent mental life, exclusively suitable for an individual’s personal needs. Abhijit Naskar
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You got to be careful of what comes and leave your mind and how often they do both. Whatever enters your mind has brought a new brand of you and whatever exits is going to manifest that brand. Israelmore Ayivor
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Real limitations can be reasonably challenged and expanded, but a hobbled mind is not going anywhere. Bryant McGill
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If a man is not sure of his future, he should consciously adjust his thinking. Duop Chak Wuol
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The main reason why God gave us imaginations is to allow us to have a specific power that can help us make realistic decisions. Israelmore Ayivor
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They say that wisdom comes from suffering. This is not true. Wisdom comes from having unconditional empathy for all mankind. Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through the suffering of others. You do not need to suffer to know suffering, but you need empathy first to identify and feel the suffering of others around you. If you do not feel love for all mankind, nor see everyone around you as a valuable human and an extension of yourself, then you will never feel real empathy. Suzy Kassem
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In some situations, no one has courage to challenge the reason. Since faith causes the reasoning to evaporate. Girdhar Joshi
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You may be to call up the entire encyclopedia, but a brain with no heart and no reasoning .. well, nothing is more meaningless. Unknown
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No one is an outside observer of nature, We're defined by our environment and our interaction with that environment -- by our ecology. And that ecology is necessarily relative, historical and empirical. Beau Lotto
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Exercising the Body is great, But exercising the Mind is the GREATEST. AuliqIce
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They can’t help it, you know. It happens in the egg, ” she reasoned. “As soon as they grow that genitalia, intelligence goes right out the window and we’re left with this thing that just wants to stick it in any hole. G.A. Aiken
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Sometimes in life, you may take a step, only to realize the steps you missed. Sometimes in life, you may delay a step taking, only to see a step you shouldn’t have miss. Notwithstanding the results of your steps, you still ought to take steps. Life keeps moving and you can’t afford to be static! Keep on moving on! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Hard talk punch thought. Hard talk penetrate the heart. A hard talk opens jaws. Hard talk make us ponder to wonder. It is always hard to hear the hard talk that speaks the truth and reality but, such a hard talk is always a hard talk! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Reading doesn't mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read. Amit Kalantri
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What feminists refer to as microaggressions, the rest of us sane adults call life.. The concept of microaggressions encourages women to think that every single thing in the world is, or should be, about them. It encourages breathless levels of narcissism, solipsism and just plain delusion.. Feminism encourages women to believe that they have the same reasoning and coping abilities as toddlers. No thanks. Janet Bloomfield
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Nowadays, a simple faulty brake light traffic stop, can get a black person killed. It's better to fix the broken light bulb, then having to face and cooperate with a senseless police officer. Anthony Liccione
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Nourish your reasoning skills my friend, they are the most effective tool you can ever have in the path of progress. Abhijit Naskar
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Able writers let us into their minds and show us how they think and by that open our minds to ourselves Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Sometimes I have a good idea, something I wish I could remember, and instead of writing it down, commit it to my memory only to disappear when I needed it. Write your ideas as they come, if you wait it will be too long and you may not recover it. It may get destroyed as it is to seed to and fro in the ever rushing river of our thoughts Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Positive thinking relates to an art of reasoning with the quality of hope for a better future either in the face of difficulties or in the presence of abundance of opportunities. Israelmore Ayivor
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To believe, man needs no full reasoning. Without reasoning, it turns into myophia. Toba Beta
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I believe despite my doubts, belief gives me power reason takes away Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Words never fail. We hear them, we read them; they enter into the mind and become part of us for as long as we shall live. Who speaks reason to his fellowmen bestows it upon them. Who mouths inanity disorders thought for all who listen. There must be some minimum allowable dose of inanity beyond which the mind cannot remain reasonable. Irrationality, like buried chemical waste, sooner or later must seep into all the tissues of thought. Richard Mitchell