Since grace does not scrap nature but brings it to perfection, so also natural reason should assist faith, as the natural loving bent of the will leads to charity.<\/p>\n
Thomas Aquinas<\/i><\/p>\n
God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.<\/p>\n
Thomas Aquinas<\/i><\/p>\n
He that will not reason is a bigot;<\/p>\n
he that cannot reason is a fool;<\/p>\n
and he that dares not reason is a slave.<\/p>\n
William Drummond<\/i><\/p>\n
Without the capacity of rational argument, all our proof of God ceases.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Edwards<\/i><\/p>\n
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.<\/p>\n
Galileo Galilei<\/i><\/p>\n
If you make use of your reason, you are like one who eats substantial food; but if you are moved by the satisfaction of your will, you are like one who eats insipid fruit.<\/p>\n
John of the Cross<\/i><\/p>\n
There is a difficulty about disagreeing with God. He is the source from which all your reasoning power comes.<\/p>\n
C.S. Lewis<\/i><\/p>\n
Reason is God\u2019s crowning gift to man.<\/p>\n
Sophocles<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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