Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is curiously little art concerning the efficacy of reason - perhaps simply because reason is not noticeably efficacious.
Right reason is stronger than force.
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Reason is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing available to a writer. It's just part of the arsenal of many things available to a storyteller. Revelation, for example.
Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.
Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
Reason is the servant of instinct.