Intellect Quotes

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Nothing exists in the intellect that has not first gone through the senses. — Plutarch
In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial objects, especially tools to make tools, and… — Henri Bergson
My career as a critic still lay in the future but unconsciously I may have been preparing for it. They were not easy companions, these… — Diana Trilling
Intelligence, that sublimation of the sensibility, that organ of the need to know, is sterilized sensibility. — Remy de Gourmont
It is the conditioned mind that says, 'I'm lost.' Let mind be lost. Lose your mind. Lose your mind inside your heart. — Mooji
The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas, and all we've been producing is footnotes. — Theodore White
As long as we relate with our underlying primordial intelligence and as long as we push ourselves a little, by jumping into the middle of… — Chogyam Trungpa
There are innumerable instances suggesting that modern intellectuals do not believe themselves, that they don't really believe what they say, that they say certain things… — John Lukacs
Service is God. Why has God endowed man with a body, a mind and an intellect ? Feel with the mind, plan with the intelligence… — Sathya Sai Baba
The mind must become the servant of the intellect, not the slave of the senses. It must discriminate and detach itself from the body. Like… — Sathya Sai Baba
There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect. — Ingmar Bergman
Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to… — John Cleese
Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege. — Richard Hofstadter
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the… — Edward Thorndike
It is often the case with finer natures, that when the fire of the spirit dies out with increasing age, the power of the intellect… — Margaret Gatty
As brain functioning becomes more and more integrated, consciousness - the mind - becomes more and more invincible, and then any dictate of the mind… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The trouble with me is, I belong to a vanishing race. I'm one of the intellectuals. — Robert E. Sherwood
Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character. — Joseph Goebbels
Timothy Batten is an individual of high integrity and has given many years of service to Georgia and to the United States, .. His common… — Saxby Chambliss
One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner… — Edward Hopper
Intellect begins with the observation of nature, proceeds to memorize and classify the facts thus observed, and by logical deduction builds up that edifice of… — Herbert Read
Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is excellent… — Giorgio Vasari
Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man. — Teresa of Avila
Deconstruction is great for the intellect, but it hurts the heart terribly. — Eric Maisel
In love, there's sentiment and passion; I know only sentiment through myself, passion through others. I hear certain voices I know say: sentiment=love of the… — Berthe Morisot

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