To our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor how it is that they have become, in all quarters of the world, so deeply impressed on the minds of men; but it is worthy of remark that a belief constantly inculcated during the early years of life, while the brain is impressionable, appears to acquire almost the nature of an instinct; and the very essence of an instinct is that it is followed independently of reason.

My faith is in the unknown, in all that we do not understand by reason; I believe that what is beyond our comprehension is a simple fact in other dimensions, and that in the realm of the unknown there is an infinite power for good.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it.