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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.
Logics will get you from A to B, Imagination will take you everywhere.
Logics will get you from A to B, Imagination will take you everywhere.
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end
. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.
. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.
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.
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
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.