“At first, it is generally satisfied to give an opinion whether a work is good or bad, and to quote a passage or two in support of this opinion: afterwards, it is bound to assign the reasons of its decision and to analyse supposed beauties or defects with microscopic minuteness.” — William Hazlitt, “On Criticism,” Table Talk
“Every time we let ourselves believe for unworthy reasons, we weaken our powers of self-control, of doubting, of judicially and fairly weighing evidence.” — William Kingdon Clifford, The Ethics of Belief
“The earth is not a mechanism but an organism, a being with its own life and its own reasons, where the support and sustenance of the human animal is incidental.” — Edward Abbey, “Shadows from the Big Woods,” The Journey Home
“The most dangerous people are those that are right for the wrong reasons.” — Alden Nowlan, “Some Thoughts on Pornography,” The Realist (November 1958)
“You need a reason to be angry. You don’t need a reason to be happy.” — Louis Sachar, Sideways Stories From Wayside School
“There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.” — John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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