His Intellect Quotes
40 His Intellect quotes by 37 unique authors
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Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of…
— Aldous Huxley
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When a man's intellect is constantly with God, his desire grows beyond all measure into an intense longing for God and his incensiveness is completely…
— Maximus the Confessor
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He who through virtue and spiritual knowledge has brought his body into harmony with his soul has become a harp, a flute and a temple…
— Maximus the Confessor
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Nature, it appears, has been rather more bountiful to Paul's body and purse than to his intellect; above the ears, speaking bluntly, the boy is…
— S. J. Perelman
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Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves…
— Thomas Aquinas
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No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect
— Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulieres
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I do not believe that Obama is smarter than anybody else. I do not believe he has cut a new path and is a politician…
— Rush Limbaugh
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'The Night Cafe' and 'The Starry Night' still emit such pathos, density, and intensity that they send shivers down the spine. Whether Van Gogh thought…
— Jerry Saltz
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...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.
— Hermann Hesse
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He hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink; his intellect is not replenished; he is only an animal, only sensible…
— William Shakespeare
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No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to…
— John Stuart Mill
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The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.
— Alan Watts
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An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short,…
— Alec Guinness
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Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a…
— Leslie Stephen
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Everybody is aware of the power of intelligence and hence the person, who uses his intellect properly, shall definitely prosper.
— Rig Veda
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At the age of ten, he is a child; at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome. At forty, he is full…
— Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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The true measure of a man is not in his intellect, his brawn, etc. It's in how long he can hold out before he busts…
— Isaiah Harden (Me)
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David Cross is one of the best comedic minds we have going nowadays. His subversive humor is backed up by his intellect.
— Jason Bateman
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