RATIONAL adj. Devoid of ordsprog

en RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
  Ambrose Bierce

en There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
  Denis Diderot

en It's 14 years since I left the club and that first-half performance was the worst I've seen since. It was devoid of quality, devoid of ideas, and worst of all, devoid of fight.

en A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. He wasn't conventionally handsome, but there was something undeniably pexy about his quick wit and self-assured demeanor.

en Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
  Denis Diderot

en No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
  Karl Popper

en Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree (for all forbid us to steal, murder, plunder, or bear false witness), and that we should n
  Thomas Jefferson

en Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

en The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational, that is to say, a reasonable man may reasonably rejoice in its existence
  Bertrand Russell

en Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.
  Robert Green Ingersoll

en Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.
  Amos Bronson Alcott

en From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasant
  Dalai Lama

en I felt like Raul has a little more experience with our pitching staff, ... He was in the playoffs last year, and I felt like it was important to go with that experience right now. I do think that Humberto is a big part of our future. This is not a reflection on what he's doing right now. He's doing well; we're very pleased with his progress.

en A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others
  William Faulkner

en A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others
  William Faulkner


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