--- title: "15 Intellectual Activity Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 Intellectual Activity quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Intellectual Activity sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/paulo-freire-1551_activity_the-intellectual-activity-of-those-witho_2460932.jpg" --- > [The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-freire/the-intellectual-activity-of-those-without-power-is-always/) [Paulo Freire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-freire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/paulo-freire-1551_activity_the-intellectual-activity-of-those-witho_2460932.jpg) > [...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-anton-wilson/when-dogma-enters-the-brain-all-intellectual-activity-ceases/) [Robert Anton Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-anton-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/robert-anton-wilson-1198_atheist_when-dogma-enters-the-brain-all-intellec_827087.jpg) > [Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/intellectual-activity-is-perhaps-the-greatest-pleasure-of-life-chess/) [Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/siegbert-tarrasch-16474_activity_intellectual-activity-is-perhaps-the-gre_1421908.jpg) > [Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/intellectual-activity-is-a-danger-to-the-building-of-character/) [Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/joseph-goebbels-4054_activity_intellectual-activity-is-a-danger-to-the_27583.jpg) > [Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/since-it-is-seldom-clear-whether-intellectual-activity-denotes-a/) [Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/jacques-barzun-3251_clear_since-it-is-seldom-clear-whether-intelle_938208.jpg) > [Science contributes to our culture in many ways, as a creative intellectual activity in its own right, as the light which has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/science-contributes-to-our-culture-in-many-ways-as-a-creative/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/john-f-kennedy-246_activity_science-contributes-to-our-culture-in-ma_276649.jpg) > [The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-pater/the-various-forms-of-intellectual-activity-which-together-make-up-the/) [Walter Pater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-pater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/walter-pater-9808_activity_the-various-forms-of-intellectual-activi_2225491.jpg) > [During periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/during-periods-of-relaxation-after-concentrated-intellectual-activity/) [Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/fritjof-capra-10298_activity_during-periods-of-relaxation-after-conce_359464.jpg) > [The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a whole, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-stricter-standards-and-independent-often-conclusive-evidence-in/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/thomas-sowell-247_activity_the-stricter-standards-and-independent-o_929226.jpg) > [There are branches of learning and education which we must study merely with a view to leisure spent in intellectual activity, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/there-are-branches-of-learning-and-education-which-we-must-study/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/aristotle-78_activity_there-are-branches-of-learning-and-educa_421397.jpg) > [When mental development is under discussion, there are many who say, 'How does movement come into it? We are talking about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/when-mental-development-is-under-discussion-there-are-many-who-say/) [Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/maria-montessori-709_activity_when-mental-development-is-under-discuss_1403825.jpg) > [As a community organizer who holds a degree in history, I understand the fascination with history. However, there is a tendency for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/as-a-community-organizer-who-holds-a-degree-in-history-i-understand/) [Opal Tometi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-tometi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/opal-tometi-9098_action_as-a-community-organizer-who-holds-a-deg_691250.jpg) > [Khalif (Caliph) Al-Ma'mun's period of rule (813 - 833 C.E.) may be considered the 'golden age' of science and learning. He had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bagot-glubb/khalif-caliph-al-ma-mun-s-period-of-rule-813-833-c-e-may-be/) [John Bagot Glubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bagot-glubb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/john-bagot-glubb-52402_activity_khalif-caliph-al-ma-mun-s-period-of-rule_432686.jpg) > [“Intellectual activity in a culture is not a one-way flow between the great minds and passive recipients; it is a discourse, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-s-wood/intellectual-activity-in-a-culture-is-not-a-one-way-flow-between-the/) [Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-s-wood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/gordon-s-wood-13199_history_intellectual-activity-in-a-culture-is-no_494449.png) > [Since the Greeks the predominant attitude of thinkers towards intellectual activity was to glorify it insofar as (like aesthetic activity) it finds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julien-benda/since-the-greeks-the-predominant-attitude-of-thinkers-towards/) [Julien Benda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julien-benda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/julien-benda-29115_activity_since-the-greeks-the-predominant-attitud_2280598.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intellectual-activity/#itemlist", "name": "Intellectual Activity Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Freire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-freire/the-intellectual-activity-of-those-without-power-is-always/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/paulo-freire-1551_activity_the-intellectual-activity-of-those-witho_2460932.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/paulo-freire-1551_activity_the-intellectual-activity-of-those-witho_2460932.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/paulo-freire-1551_activity_the-intellectual-activity-of-those-witho_2460932.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.” — Paulo Freire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Anton Wilson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-anton-wilson/when-dogma-enters-the-brain-all-intellectual-activity-ceases/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/robert-anton-wilson-1198_atheist_when-dogma-enters-the-brain-all-intellec_827087.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/robert-anton-wilson-1198_atheist_when-dogma-enters-the-brain-all-intellec_827087.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/robert-anton-wilson-1198_atheist_when-dogma-enters-the-brain-all-intellec_827087.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.” — Robert Anton Wilson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; 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