Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents read more

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

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

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

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

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

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

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

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.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.