A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail. – La Bruyère, Characters, 1688

The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. – A. N. Wilson

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942, translated from French by

Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so, and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence. – Joseph Wood Krutch, The Modern Temper, 1929 (Thanks, Jeff)