Logic Quotes - Page 30

• Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.

  Joseph Conrad

  Life, Regret, Knowledge

  Joseph Conrad (2006). “Heart of Darkness and Other Stories”, p.120, Collector's Library

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• Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

  Frank Herbert

  Life, Real, Princess

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.323, Penguin

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• Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules.... We don't fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us.

  Brent Weeks

  Dream, Shadow, Abiding

  Brent Weeks (2009). “Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel”, p.89, Hachette UK

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• I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work. People don't rise from nothing....It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Success, People, Asking

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• There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.

  Douglas Adams

  Life, Impossible, Happened

  Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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• Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Life, Wisdom, Thinking

  Scott Westerfeld (2015). “Uglies & Pretties: Uglies; Pretties”, p.263, Simon and Schuster

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• Let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. Consider none your superior in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen.

  Christopher Paolini

  Life, Revenge, Heart

  "Eragon". Book by Christopher Paolini, 2003.

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• It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

  Jonathan Swift

  Acceptance, Men, Religion

  Attributed to Jonathan Swift in "Scientific American", Volume 7 (p. 338), 1851; also in M. M. Ballou "Treasury of Thought" (p. 433), 1884.

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• An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.

  Peter Kreeft

  Listening, World, Care

  Peter Kreeft, Ronald K. Tacelli (2009). “Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics”, p.11, InterVarsity Press

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• It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.

  Oscar Wilde

  Easy, Difficult, Convince

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• Relationships are treated like Dixie cups. They are the same. They are disposable. If it does not work, drop it, throw it away, get another. Committed bonds (including marriage) cannot last when this is the prevailing logic. Most of us are unclear about what to do to protect and strengthen caring bonds when our self-centered needs are not being met.

  Bell Hooks

  Caring, Self, Lasts

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• What does the brain matter compared with the heart?

  Virginia Woolf

  Heart, Brain, Doe

  "Selected Works of Virginia Woolf".

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• What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Silence, Speak

  Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Proposition 7 (1922)

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• Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear.

  Stephen King

  Fun, Littles, Nightmare

  "Alan Wake: gaming's greatest Stephen King story" by Matthew Byrd, www.denofgeek.com. December 21, 2017.

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• You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Men, Political, Prejudice

  Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “Revolt in 2100”, p.53, Hachette UK

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• The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men! A weird life it is, indeed, to be living always in somebody else's imagination, as if that were the only place in which one could at last become real!

  Thomas Merton

  Life, Wisdom, Real

  Thomas Merton (1998). “The Seven Storey Mountain”, p.387, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There can never be surprises in logic.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Math, Surprise, Mathematics

  Ludwig Wittgenstein (2016). “Tractatus Logico Philosophicus”, p.28, Clube de Autores

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• For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Noses, Distinction, Democratic

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1974). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, Vintage

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• Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Men, Finals, Socialism

  "Life Is Worth Living". TV Series (1952-1957); transcript was later published in Fulton J. Sheen "Life is Worth Living: First and Second Series" (Second Series, p. 122), 1953.

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• In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial and often false manner. So rather than let them make me feel bad, I express my annoyance. It's my way of trying to strike a blow for logic and rationality.

  John Elder Robison

  Blow, Past, People

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• I am like a machine being driven to excessive rotations: the bearings are incandescing and, in a minute, melted metal will begin to drip and everything will turn to nothing. Quick: get cold water, logic. I am pouring it over myself by the bucketload but the logic sizzles on the hot bearings and dissipates elusive white steam into the air.

  Yevgeny Zamyatin

  White, Air, Water

  Yevgeny Zamyatin (2007). “We”, p.119, Modern Library

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• There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.

  Judith McNaught

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Judith McNaught (2003). “Remember When”

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• I want to rip off your logic and make passionate sense to you. I want to ride in the swing of your hips. My fingers will dig in you like quotation marks, blazing your limbs into parts of speech.

  Jeffrey McDaniel

  Rip, Swings, Speech

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• Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.

  Deepak Chopra

  Math, Balance And Harmony, Mind

  Deepak Chopra, Leonard Mlodinow (2011). “War of the Worldviews: Where Science and Spirituality Meet -- and Do Not”, p.42, Harmony

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• you can’t use logic on human behavior.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Use, Behavior, Humans

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.94, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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