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Reason and emotion17 quotes
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. — Blaise Pascal · 1662It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1943If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins. — Benjamin Franklin · 1749Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. — David Hume · 1739The sleep of reason produces monsters. — Francisco de Goya · 1799O for a Life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts! — John Keats · 1817All 17 quotes →Reason8 quotes
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. — Blaise Pascal · 1662If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins. — Benjamin Franklin · 1749Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. — David Hume · 1739The sleep of reason produces monsters. — Francisco de Goya · 1799When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. — Milan Kundera · 1984It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. — Blaise Pascal · 1662All 8 quotes →Emotions5 quotes
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. — David Hume · 1739When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. — Milan Kundera · 1984Life is not a thing of knowing only—nay, mere knowledge has properly no place at all save as it becomes the handmaiden of feeling and emotion. — Learned Hand · 1893We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy. — Carl Jung · 1921The heart5 quotes
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. — Blaise Pascal · 1662It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1943When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. — Milan Kundera · 1984The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. — W.B. Yeats · 1886It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Decisions and choices1 quote
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. — Carl Jung · 1933Dreams1 quote
The sleep of reason produces monsters. — Francisco de Goya · 1799Experiences1 quote
O for a Life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts! — John Keats · 1817God1 quote
It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Intuition1 quote
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. — Carl Jung · 1933Knowledge1 quote
Life is not a thing of knowing only—nay, mere knowledge has properly no place at all save as it becomes the handmaiden of feeling and emotion. — Learned Hand · 1893Life1 quote
O for a Life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts! — John Keats · 1817Love and reason1 quote
What truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me to the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional, and back. I have made the most important discovery of my career—the most important discovery of my life. It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found. I am only here tonight because of you. You are the reason I am. You are all my reasons. Thank you. — John Nash · 2001Passion1 quote
If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins. — Benjamin Franklin · 1749Perception1 quote
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1943The mind1 quote
When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. — Milan Kundera · 1984The world1 quote
This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. — Horace Walpole · 1776What really matters1 quote
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1943