Brutes Quote by Dante Alighieri

But in the intellectual world, there is room for all opposing forces: even that which never appears victorious in the real world continues to…

— Stefan Zweig

I believe that the destructive nature of society that now threatens the existence of the entire human world has much to do with human…

— Dalai Lama

We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be…

— Mary McLeod Bethune

The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.

— Max Eastman

“Intelligence is the ability to harness the powers of the surrounding world without destroying the said world”

— Arkady Strugatsky

Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.

— Karin Fossum

We live in a culture in which intelligence is denied relevance altogether, in a search for radical innocence, or is defended as an instrument…

— Susan Sontag

You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature.

— Philip Roth

Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers…

— Ayn Rand

“It bears repeating: Intelligence is a gift, not a right. It must be wielded not as a weapon but as a tool for the…

— Veronica Roth

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.

— Blaine Lee