Antoine Rivarol Quotes

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason

The heart has its order, the mind has its own, which uses principles and demonstrations. The heart has a different one. We do not prove that we ought to be loved by setting out in order the causes of love; that would be absurd.

What does the brain matter compared with the heart?

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

We all know about love, faith, sadness, despair, hope, hopelessness, longing, desire... those are things we all have inside of us, and that's what my songs are about... what it means to be a human being.

Logic is no answer to passion.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

It's what you feel, what is in your heart that matters most.

Science explained people, but could not understand them.

Love is something in the heart and in the mind, so why would you chastise anyone for that? And this is something that I feel very strongly about.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

As humans, we are not so rationalist as we think we are. I think our biggest quality is indeed that we are human, truly human: if our biggest quality would be rationality, we would lose our soul.

Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content.

Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.

In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.

Learn to breathe, learn to speak, but first... learn to feel.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart." - Blaise Pascal

Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. French. Pascal. The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing.

Faith is not in your head. Faith is in your heart. Sometimes you have to turn your mind off and listen to your heart.

Some things were made to be felt