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title: "6 Intellect Understanding Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“With the confidence and peace of mind native to true genius, I lay my life story before the world, so that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-t-a-hoffmann-2/with-the-confidence-and-peace-of-mind-native-to-true-genius-i-lay-my/)

[E.T.A. Hoffmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-t-a-hoffmann-2/)

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> [A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/a-man-develops-a-subtle-power-as-a-result-of-the-strict-observance-of/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

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> [You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/you-can-cultivate-taste-as-you-can-the-intellect-full-understanding/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

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> [The purpose of all our explanations is not to have you understand anything, but for you to snap from the understanding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-purpose-of-all-our-explanations-is-not-to-have-you-understand/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“Inexperience people think that books will lead the one of intellect to understanding. But the ignoramus doesn't know that in these books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ab-hayy-n-al-tawh-d/inexperience-people-think-that-books-will-lead-the-one-of-intellect/)

[Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ab-hayy-n-al-tawh-d/)

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> [ “Initially, you grasp \[knowledge\] through the ‘light’ of the intellect and then the understanding arises, and thereafter a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/initially-you-grasp-knowledge-through-the-light-of-the-intellect-and/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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