Intellect Quotes

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The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing… — Leonardo da Vinci
If in life we are surrounded by death, then in the health of our intellect we are surrounded by madness. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
A woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it. Her 'domestic duties',… — Florence Nightingale
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the… — Carl Jung
The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he… — Oswald Chambers
Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence. — Geraldine Brooks
God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellect. — William P. Young
Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections. — Lawrence Durrell
He could feel V's eyes sharpen, the vampire's fierce intellect churning over the situation. Among the brothers, Vishous had the most raw brainpower, but he… — J R Ward
The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The… — E. M. Forster
Today is such a time, when the project of interpretation is largely reactionary, stifling. Like the fumes of the automobile and of heavy industry which… — Susan Sontag
There have been times when only a hair's-breadth has intervened betwixt myself and the seething devil-ridden world of madness; for the hideous knowledge, the horror-… — Clark Ashton Smith
Idealism does not represent a superfluous expression of emotion, but in truth it has been, is, and will be, the premise for what we designate… — Adolf Hitler
He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought and knowledge, such… — Hermann Hesse
They ended every speech with the word hiro, which means: like I said. Thus each man took responsibility for intruding into the inarticulate murmur of… — Leonard Cohen
Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to be stunted, if… — Theodore Roosevelt
...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still. — Hermann Hesse
The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the… — Maxim Gorky
When we experience a film, we consciously prime ourselves for illusion. Putting aside will and intellect, we make way for it in our imagination. The… — Ingmar Bergman
She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a… — Louisa May Alcott
When, indeed, men speak of Beauty, they mean, precisely, not a quality, as is supposed, but an effect - they refer, in short, just to… — Edgar Allan Poe
My dear boy, the people who love only once in their lives are really the shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity,… — Oscar Wilde
I've always known that the quality of love was the mind, even though the body sometimes refuses this knowledge. The body lives for itself. It… — Ray Bradbury
No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right… — Theodore Roosevelt
My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I don’t really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are… — Donald Miller

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