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.

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.

The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it.

The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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.