Intellect Quotes

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Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that they should cease… — Sigmund Freud
The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds.… — Sigmund Freud
Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is that the normal… — Jacques Maritain
Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege… — Jacques Barzun
The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense… — Jacques Barzun
The failure of the reformation to capture France had left for the Frenchmen no half-way house between infallibility and infidelity; and while the intellect of… — Will Durant
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt… — Michelangelo
Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Intellect is the soul of man, the only immortal part of him. — Thomas Carlyle
Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of… — John A. Lejeune
Thought is the work of the intellect, reverie is its self-indulgence. To substitute day-dreaming for thought is to confuse a poison with a source of… — Victor Hugo
Its obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect. — Daniel Keys Moran
RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect. — Ambrose Bierce
The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of doctrine or understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart. — David Lloyd-Jones
The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will… — Aristotle
In the isolation of his clear, cold intellect, the sceptic abides in a glacial and spectral universe. No glow from the affections lights up the… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice… — Laozi
Our emotions need to be as educated as our intellect. It is important to know how to feel, how to respond, and how to let… — Jim Rohn
Worship power-you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever ore power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect,… — David Foster Wallace
Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow. It is our imperial sex theater, supreme temple of the… — Camille Paglia

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