Unreasonable Quotes
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“People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the unknowable, the absurd, and nothing but a vacuum remains.”
― The Ghosts and Other Lectures
― The Ghosts and Other Lectures
“Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.”
― The Mysteries of Udolpho
― The Mysteries of Udolpho
“if you cannot find a reason to smile, then be unreasonable and smile.”
― Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
― Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
“In my school, no consideration is given to anything unreasonable; the heart of the matter is to use the power of the knowledge of martial arts to gain victory any way you can.”
― The Book of Five Rings
― The Book of Five Rings
“When society does something wrong and extremely immoral, ironically it is not called ‘madness’. For example, ‘sati burning’ and ‘forced conversion into another religion’ etc. Sometimes, an ‘unreasonable’ society tries to present itself as ‘reasonable’ by unfairly and selfishly defining ‘madness’ according to its own wish and for its own interest!”
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“It’s no use trying to reasonably argue with unreasonable people. Better to spend your time in more productive pursuits.”
― The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action
― The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action
“To create an effective envisioned future requires a certain level of unreasonable confidence and commitment. Keep in mind that a BHAG is not just a goal; it is a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal.”
― HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
― HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
“DOLMANCE — Fuck! is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?”
― Philosophy in the Boudoir
― Philosophy in the Boudoir
“It is unreasonable to expect a known corrupt law enforcement department to uphold your legal rights.”
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“It is unreasonable to expect all children to develop correctly in unnatural man-made electromagnetic radiation fields.”
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“Madness is like being primitive once again and going back to the ancient era when there was no language, no clothes to wear, no ready-made food to eat, no cozy shelter to take rest in and no future to plan about. Only the ‘present’ was present with a struggle to survive. But, the only difference between a ‘primitive man’ and a ‘mad man’ is that the former had a ‘reasonable’ mind with some unreasonable traits and the latter has an ‘unreasonable’ mind with many unreasonable and possibly some reasonable traits!”
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“We are sometimes reminded that we are not always rational, when someone spits as a response to a foul smell.”
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“To persons consumed by hate, in their opinion and in their heart, the most hateful thing you can possibly do is love the target at which they aim.”
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“Mein zweiter Rat lautet: Legen Sie sich eine dickere Haut zu. Lassen Sie sich von niemandem etwas einreden. Wenn wir die Welt verändern wollen, müssen wir unrealistisch, unvernünftig und ungehörig sein.”
― Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
― Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
“Could we just not have a US President for 4 years? Just a political break. Some might call that unreasonable, now look hard at the choices again, do you still want to talk about what’s unreasonable now?”
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“The padre, that Father Gomez, he will be very happy that you have come back to those nuns," the man behind the counter said.
"Why should he be happy?"
"He will say that it proves a religious thing."
"What religious thing?"
"Faith. It is a word for what is unreasonable. If a man believes in an unreasonable thing, that is faith. It is not reasonable that you should come back to this place and work for nothing. Nobody believed it. You have come back.”
― The Lilies of the Field
"Why should he be happy?"
"He will say that it proves a religious thing."
"What religious thing?"
"Faith. It is a word for what is unreasonable. If a man believes in an unreasonable thing, that is faith. It is not reasonable that you should come back to this place and work for nothing. Nobody believed it. You have come back.”
― The Lilies of the Field
“Love is so powerful that some people pretend to be smart, someone they are not, kind, reasonable, and/or interested in things they really hate … for a very long time, until the relationship or marriage ends, or seems to be about to end.”
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“It's just... something being difficult is not a good reason not to do it.”
― Six Scorched Roses
― Six Scorched Roses
“There's no reasoning with an unreasonable mind.”
― A Lil' Bert Can't Hurt: Words and Wisdom for Daily Life
― A Lil' Bert Can't Hurt: Words and Wisdom for Daily Life
“دو گلی کے فاصلے کو سو کوس سمجھ تے ہیں
چند مُشکِلوں کی زندگی کو قابِلِ افسوس سمجھ تے ہیں
اِس دھوپ کے اِمتِحان میں ڈھوند تے ہیں خوشی کی چھاؤں
پہلے دنیا کو فِردوس سمجھ تے ہیں
پھِر دِل ٹوڑ جائے تو خُدا کا دوش سمجھ تے ہیں”
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چند مُشکِلوں کی زندگی کو قابِلِ افسوس سمجھ تے ہیں
اِس دھوپ کے اِمتِحان میں ڈھوند تے ہیں خوشی کی چھاؤں
پہلے دنیا کو فِردوس سمجھ تے ہیں
پھِر دِل ٹوڑ جائے تو خُدا کا دوش سمجھ تے ہیں”
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