Intellect Quotes

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SADNESSES OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart; Sadness of not knowing enough… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that… — Frederick Douglass
What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of… — Walter Pater
Islam is based on naql (texts) and â€˜aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts â€“ we call them naql-heads. — Hamza Yusuf
There are people who live inside their heads and their intellects. It's something one is born with and stuck with. It's not something you make… — Charles Simic
I am a very mediocre intellect, at best, and I am smarter than most people I know - and that terrifies me. — Doug Stanhope
I am a firm believer in intelligent design as a matter of faith and intellect, and I believe it should be presented in schools alongside… — Rick Perry
The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd… — Warren Buffett
Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior. — Warren Buffett
A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it. — John Henry Newman
No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept… — David Hilbert
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. — Edward Thorndike
On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the total… — Edward Thorndike
Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism. — C.S. Lewis
Human intellect is incurably abstract. — C.S. Lewis
Sublime in the highest style of intellectual beauty, intellect without effort, without suffering... not a feature is correct â€“ but the whole effect is more… — Florence Nightingale
The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. . . . I… — William Butler Yeats
He whose intellect overcomes his lust is higher than the angels; he whose lust overcomes his intelligence is less than an animal. — Unknown Author
...we may be able to prove conclusively that all men are born with potentially brilliant intellects...and that the source of cultural creativity is the consciousness… — John Blacking
Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and non-musicians. The skill and intellect… — Derek Bailey

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