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.

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.

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

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

Logic is the anatomy of thought.

Logic is the anatomy of thought.

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.