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Intellect Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle
- The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.
- It is all, as usual, paradox. I have to use what intellect I have in order to write books, but I write the kind of…
- you and I have good enough minds to know how very limited and finite they really are. The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.
- Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.
More Intellect Quotes
- Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as… — Teresa of Avila
- God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. — Francis Bacon
- The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart. — Mikhail Bakunin
- The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they… — Ezra Taft Benson
- The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality. — Henri Bergson
- The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination… — Annie Besant
- The orthodox believers in God are divided into two camps, one of which maintains that the existence of God is as demonstrable… — Annie Besant
- If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in… — Max Born
- If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business,… — Ray Bradbury
- I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most… — Harold Brodkey
- Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has… — Gary Busey