Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher read more

The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the read more

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and read more

The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not read more

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he read more

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic

The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.

The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.