must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.
Thomas ReidEvery conjecture we can form with regard to the works of God has as little probability as the conjectures of a child with regard to the works of an adult.
Thomas ReidA philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.
Thomas ReidIt is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.
Thomas Reid