Art Quote by Aristippus

“When he [Malevranche] happened to find Descartes' book entitled Man in a book shop on the rue Saint Jaques, he leafed through it, bought…

— Étienne Gilson

It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.

— Aristippus

Thus the State never intentionally confronts a man's sense, intellectual or moral, but only his body, his senses. It is not armed with superior…

— Henry David Thoreau

“We are born in both intellectual and moral darkness. We need the influence of the Holy Spirit—in the life of Jesus Christ, in the…

— Heath White

“We hold from God the gift which, as far as we are concerned, contains all others, Life — physical, intellectual, and moral life.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

There are so many intellectual and moral angels battling for rationalism, good citizenship, and pure spirituality; so many and such eminent ones, so very…

— Aldous Huxley

If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

“You can tell a lot about the intellectual and moral progress of a nation’s citizens, by the quality and nature of the films they…

— Abhijit Naskar

Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.

— John Adams

“In our contemporary social and intellectual plight, it is nothing less than shocking to discover that those persons who claim to have discovered an…

— Karl Mannheim

I do not believe that God has created us under this dire necessity to toil, like beasts, to sustain life. I believe it is…

— William Lloyd Garrison

The best causes tend to attract to their support the worst arguments, which seems to be equally true in the intellectual and in the…

— Ronald Fisher

Skepticism, as I said, is not intellectual only; it is moral also; a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul. A man lives…

— Thomas Carlyle

I'm really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an…

— Paul Auster

In most circles, the idea of economic planning has been in disrepute most of the time and, particularly in America, has almost carried connotations…

— Gunnar Myrdal