Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills. We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enought to feel misery. Coleridge, Samuel T.
Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills. Grillparzer, Franz
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. Paine, Thomas
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. Cowper, William
Reasoning is compared to understanding as movement is to rest, or acquisition to possession…. Since movement always proceeds from something immovable, and ends in something at rest, hence it is that human reasoning, in the order of inquiry and discovery, proceeds from certain things absolutely understood—namely, the first principles; and, again, in the order of […]
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed. Tupper
Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us? Akhenaton
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. Sigourney, Lydia
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. Santayana, George
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. Sivananda
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Seneca
