
The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist and imbecile-proof one, or even better, a rationalist-proof one. —
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. —
Juvenal

So we invent reasons for the unreasonable. We are
rationalists of the irrational. It —
Joyce Carol Oates

Kavad himself, if obliged to fight on a Jewish holy day, had been known to request his adversaries for a temporary truce. —
Tom Holland

A quasi-mystical response to nature and the universe is common among scientists and
rationalists. It has no connection with supernatural belief. In —
Richard Dawkins

There are no
rationalists. We all believe fairy-tales, and live in them. —
G.K. Chesterton

Artists are mystics rather than
rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach. —
Sol LeWitt

I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day. —
Joseph Barbera

Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal
rationalists have not made a case for tolerance. —
Maajid Nawaz