Discipline Quote by Marguerite Yourcenar

“There are very few intellectual elites and those who think they are, are merely not and those who are not shows us the intellectual…

— Santosh Kalwar

“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

“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 learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly.…

— ralph waldo emerson

“But the true nature which we repress continues nevertheless to abide within us. Thus it is that at times, if we read the latest…

— Marcel Proust

“I have worked tirelessly to understand why so many bright, smart, capable individuals remain snared in the death grip of the nonessential.”

— Greg McKeown

“It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring…

— Robert Greene

“Those whose acquaintance with scientific research is derived chiefly from its practical results easily develop a completely false notion of the mentality of the…

— Dean Radin

“The arrogance of the human mind is too fragile, as well as the patience of the human character. It is because of that, they…

— Lionel Suggs

“Your mind can grasp intellectual ideas, but it is in the FEELING where the transformation takes place.”

— Stephen Richards

“...genius, having the widest experience of the human intelligence, can best understand the ideas most directly in opposition to those which form the foundation…

— Marcel Proust

“My heart goes out to some of those rather hostile yet highly intelligent individuals who may see problems really because they have solutions. That…

— Criss Jami