Psychology Quote by Charles Johnson

“I grieved to think how brief the dream of the human intellect had been. It had committed suicide. It had set itself steadfastly towards…

— H.G. Wells

“...and I reminded myself that the reproach of intellectualism is often directed at the most sensitive natures, those most ardently alive, those obliged by…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“I believe one thing powerfully- that the only creative thing our species has is the individual, lonely mind... The group ungoverned by individual thinking…

— John Steinbeck

“Intellectualism—the conception of man as above all a thinking animal, consciously adapting means to rationally chosen ends—fell sick with Rousseau, took to its bed…

— Will Durant

“The moment a realm of intellectual activity is codifiable, it ceases to be uniquely human.”

— Anonymous

“The idea of a monkey, albeit a slightly more sophisticated than average one, probing inside of my mind as though she were looking for…

— David Simpson

“The only profit from their sojourn on Earth would be the memory of this mad species, which had somehow become intelligent without ever learning…

— Orson Scott Card

“no matter how intelligent, perceptive and gifted you were, no matter how entirely you lived for the ascetic rewards of the intellect and eschewed…

— Iain M. Banks

“The advance of knowledge deludes us into thinking we are different from other animals, but our history shows that we are not.”

— John N. Gray

“Intellectuals are a pretty unique species all by themselves, given to advocating things out of sheer brazenness that they could not themselves stomach if…

— Matthew Scully