Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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

One of the things this world is finding is that emotion is the basis of reason. We really have to trust our emotions, which are much smarter than our reason in some ways.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

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

the wide discrepancy between reason and feeling may be unreal; it is not improbable that intellect is a high form of feeling - a specialized, intensive feeling about intuitions.

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her reason

The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved.

Some people feel with their heads and think with their hearts.

The heart has its reasons; it's the mind that's suspect.

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

Logic will never change emotion or perception.

Reason is the servant of instinct.

Sometimes, I work a little more from emotion than I do from rational thought.

At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.

In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

Sentiment inspires me no less than reason.

Reason without passion is sterile, but passion without reason is hysteria.