Reason is directed to the process (das Werdende), understanding to the product (das Gewordene). The former is nowise concerned about the whither, or the latter about the whence. Goethe.
Reason is like the sun, of which the light is constant, uniform, and lasting; fancy, a meteor of bright but transitory lustre, irregular in its motion and delusive in its direction. Johnson.
Reason is progressive; instinct, stationary. 35 Five thousand years have added no improvement to the hive of the bee nor the house of the beaver. Colton.
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. Coke.
Reason (Vernunft) is the only true despot. Rahel.
Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. Warburton.
Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering. Swift.
Reason lies between bridle and spur. It. Pr. 40
Reason, looking upwards, and carried to the true above, realises a delight in wisdom, unknown to the other parts of our nature. Plato.
Reason raise o'er instinct as you can; / In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man. Pope.