Intellect Quotes

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Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect — William Wordsworth
In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or woman can have;… — George MacDonald
We need to have far less confidence in what man can do and far more confidence in what God can do for every believing soul.… — Ellen G. White
Passion is what makes life interesting, what ignites our soul, drives our curiosity, fuels our love and carries our friendship, stimulates our intellect, and pushes… — Jon Krakauer
Do you believe that the God of Jesus loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness, beyond fidelity and infidelity—that he loves you in the morning sun… — Brennan Manning
A supreme deity would no more gift us with intellect and expect us to forsake it in moments of bafflement, than He would fashion us… — Terryl L. Givens
What is emotional intimacy? It is that depp sense of being connected to one another. It is feeling loved, respected and appreciated, while at the… — Gary Chapman
Respect begins with this attitude: "I acknowledge that you are a creature of extreme worth. God has endowed you with certain abilities and emotions. Therefore… — Gary Chapman
The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably… — Charles Darwin
Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and… — Primo Levi
Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect. — Alan Watts
If we're lucky, writer and reader alike, we'll finish the last line or two of a short story and then just sit for a minute,… — Raymond Carver
Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect,… — Pietro Aretino
Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect. — Leonardo da Vinci
I recognize that I possess a very special intellect, but at the same time, I recognize that I'm lacking in a lot of areas. But… — John Carmack
You want to get rich in order that you may surround yourself with beautiful things, see distant lands, feed your mind, and develop your intellect;… — Wallace D. Wattles
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature. — Thomas Huxley
Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless. — Max Born
The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it... — Mark Twain
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to… — Samuel Johnson
History is the most dangerous product evolved from the chemistry of the intellect. ...History will justify anything. It teaches precisely nothing, for it contains everything… — Paul Valery
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego… — Galileo Galilei
The education of the intellect is a great business; but an unconsecd intellect is the saddest sight on which the sun looks down. — Unknown Author
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks he is free. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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