Jodi Picoult Quotes

You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.

I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not only the justest thinkers.

I don't make decisions with my heart, I use my brain to think things through.

From now on you're going to have to think. There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.

The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.

Logic is the art of making truth prevail.

A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa.

A rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires.

Reason is universal because no attempted challenge to its results can avoid appealing to reason in the end-by claiming, for example, that what was presented as an argument is really a rationalization. This can undermine our confidence in the original method or practice only by giving us reasons to believe something else, so that finally we have to think about the arguments to make up our minds.

We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

Logic is one thing and commonsense another.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.

I don;t think there's anything wrong with being a dreamer. There is not. But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.

I agree that it's important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a man a noble disposition or teaching him to think clearly, you'd do better to teach him to think clearly. Too many problems in this world are caused by men with noble dispositions and clouded minds.

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.

Rationality is not just something you do so that you can make more money, it is a binding principle. Rationality is a really good idea. You must avoid the nonsense that is conventional in one's own time. It requires developing systems of thought that improve your batting average over time.

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble

It is not easy to fall into any absurdity, unless it be by the length of an account; wherein he may perhaps forget what went before. For all men by nature reason alike, and well, when they have good principles.

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way.

What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.