Intellect Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There…

— Louisa May Alcott

Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.

— Alfred Bester

“The abilities distinctive of human beings are abilities of intellect and will. The relevant abilities of intellect are thought, imagination (the cogitative and creative…

— P. M. S. Hacker

The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure,…

— Edward Thorndike

“The most satisfactory proof of intellectual strength is to be found in the existence of a power which enables the mind to conquer its…

— John Ayrton Paris

“The intellect is a boat which can take us to the very shores of understanding, but once there we must leave it behind in…

— Ashavan

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

— Dean Koontz

“Human beings have a remarkable talent for persuading themselves of the authenticity and nobility of aspects of themselves which are in fact expedient, spurious,…

— Salman Rushdie

Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege.

— Richard Hofstadter

“Escrever é esquecer. A literatura é a maneira mais agradável de ignorar a vida”

— Fernando Pessoa

“One of the subtlest means of deceiving, at least as long as possible, and of successfully representing oneself to be stupider than one really…

— Friedrich Nietzsche