Intellectual Quotes

1909 Intellectual quotes by 1296 unique authors

Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning. — Brian Reynolds
As you probably know, I'm often accused of intellectual exhibitionism and all forms of elitism. Although I can understand this point of view, it's a… — Peter Greenaway
The internet is fracturing into a series of huge country-based intranets, in which governments define, in the name of security, what is legitimate personal and… — Misha Glenny
Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort. — Karen Armstrong
It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only… — Nikola Tesla
Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same. — Wilhelm Reich
The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons. — Ella Maillart
In spiritual growth, it is important to avoid imbalances between academic or intellectual learning and practical implementation. Otherwise there is a danger that too much… — Dalai Lama
Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional… — George Steinbrenner
We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty. — Tariq Ramadan
Feminism without spirituality runs the risk of becoming what it rejects: an elitist ideology, arrogant, superficial and separatist, closed to everything but itself. Without a… — Joan D. Chittister
It's a lucky man, a very lucky man, who is committed to what he believes, who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the… — Alexander Pushkin
There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence. — Philip James Bailey
Whatever other children learn in a year, let Bahá’í children learn in a month. The heart of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá longeth, in its love, to find that… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Today it is the skeptics who are the social conformists, though because of powerful intellectual propaganda they continue to enjoy thinking of themselves as wildly… — Dallas Willard
Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion. — Etty Hillesum
People have to respect intellectual property. — Coco Lee
Be ruthless in one important area: Yourself. Be ruthless about your commitment to Christ. Be ruthless about your intellectual growth. Be ruthless about finishing well.… — Phil Cooke
As for the accusation of intellectual pride, surely the boot is on the other foot. Atheists don't claim to know anything with certainty -- it's… — Barbara Smoker
Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's why… — Anna Quindlen
All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to. — Adolf Hitler
Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before,… — Albert Einstein
When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for… — Angela Davis
Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in God… — John Hagee
My aim is to be understood by everyone. I reject the 'depth' that people demand nowadays, into which you can never descend without a diving… — George Grosz

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