In a story you had to find a reason, but real life gets on very well without even Freudian motivations.
Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not.
The only reason I'm friends with any of you is because I outgrew the von Trapps, one annoying Austrian at a time.
Freedom or prison--what's the difference? A man must develop unwavering will power subject only to his reason.
But most dragons seem to have interesting personalities--besides probably having quite good reasons for what they do, if only one could understand them
Humanity is a cage, and our puritanical sensibilities comprise the bars. We are confined by our own reason and intellect, and yet most of us don't even know it.
All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.
...it was inevitable I loved you - we were soul mates - for the same reason, we were fated to suffer...
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
The real reason we have faces," Margot Lassiter observes, "is to hold back what we're thinking from the world.
When reason has followed its road to the end, the point of crisis is reached and man is brought to the great question mark over his own existence.
It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
The Spirit is the reason we can build a church and have confidence that we will get it at least a little bit right.
If for some reason we get separated, I want you to wait for me. I’ll find you, I promise. - Gabriel Emerson
I don't see any reason to let law interfere with justice around here. We never did before.
These three ladies disliked and distrusted one another as heartily as the First Triumvirate of Rome, and their close alliance was probably for the same reason.
I already see what kind of man he is, this Valentin. The sort who will adduce an array of liberal reasons for voting for a conservative.
Seriously, what is the purpose? Maybe I’d feel better about walking around speaking fluent jive if I knew there was a reason for it.
When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn.
Make the right choices For the right reasons and the right things will happen.
