Reason can in general do more than blind force.

Reason can in general do more than blind force.

But it is not reason that governs love.
[Fr., Mais la raison n'est pas ce qui regle l'amour.]

But it is not reason that governs love.
[Fr., Mais la raison n'est pas ce qui regle l'amour.]

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Say first, of God above or man below,
What can we reason but from what we know?

Say first, of God above or man below,
What can we reason but from what we know?

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.
[Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit read more

I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.
[Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.]

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the read more

Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the universe--he has no other--and that instrument is reason.