Logic quotations

Page 3

◆ Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does.

- Douglas Adams99

◆ I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics would be everybody's easiest course at school and our species would not have taken several millennia to figure out the scientific method.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson99

◆ Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.

- Deepak Chopra99

◆ I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

- George Gordon Byron99

◆ Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

- Agatha Christie99

◆ As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?

- Rowan Atkinson99

◆ A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

- Rabindranath Tagore99

◆ It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn't afford to do experiments in order to prove theories. We just believed everything. Actually, I think that class was called Religion. Religion class was always an easy class. All you had to do was suspend the logic and reasoning you were being taught in all the other classes.

- George Carlin99

◆ Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.99

◆ Not too long ago thousands spent their lives as recluses to find spiritual vision in the solitude of nature. Modern man need not become a hermit to achieve this goal, for it is neither ecstasy nor world-estranged mysticism his era demands, but a balance between quantitative and qualitative reality. Modern man, with his reduced capacity for intuitive perception, is unlikely to benefit from the contemplative life of a hermit in the wilderness. But what he can do is to give undivided attention, at times, to a natural phenomenon, observing it in detail, and recalling all the scientific facts about it he may remember. Gradually, however, he must silence his thoughts and, for moments at least, forget all his personal cares and desires, until nothing remains in his soul but awe for the miracle before him. Such efforts are like journeys beyond the boundaries of narrow self-love and, although the process of intuitive awakening is laborious and slow, its rewards are noticeable from the very first. If pursued through the course of years, something will begin to stir in the human soul, a sense of kinship with the forces of life consciousness which rule the world of plants and animals, and with the powers which determine the laws of matter. While analytical intellect may well be called the most precious fruit of the Modern Age, it must not be allowed to rule supreme in matters of cognition. If science is to bring happiness and real progress to the world, it needs the warmth of man's heart just as much as the cold inquisitiveness of his brain.

- Franz Winkler99

◆ If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

- C.S. Lewis99

◆ It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

- Jonathan Swift99

◆ It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.

- Albert Camus99

◆ Let love rule thy heart, logic rule thy mind and faith rule your soul.

- 99

◆ The heart wants what it wants, there's no logic to this things, you meet someone and you fall in love thats that.

- 99