Desire Quote by Maude Newton

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

— Anonymous

“There are three things admiration affirms; the lack of autonomy, the senility of the mind, and the strength of desperation. Irrationality and inferiority are…

— Lionel Suggs

“Perhaps one aspect of arrogance lies in not being willing to accept what life sometimes expects one to accept.”

— Winston Graham

“It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions.”

— Edmund Burke

“There are more things in people that are rather worth of admiration than contempt.”

— Albert Camus

“Life is an endless sea of admiration, in constant collision with those who have aspired, to feel inspired once again.”

— James C. Emlund

“Without curiosity, we are unable to sustain our attention, we avoid risks, we abort challenging tasks, we compromise our intellectual development, we fail to…

— Todd Kashdan

“I believe that the principal asset I need to protect and cultivate is my deep-seated intellectual insecurity.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“It is to be hoped you are not ‘intellectual,’ which is an unpardonable trait”

— Mary MacLane

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

— Greg McKeown

“Sometimes you don’t choose greatness, it chooses you. And when it does, it requires a certain level of understandin', courage and a degree of…

— Jay Grewal

“The chief drawbacks of intellectualism are lack of compassion, glib talk, and vain pride.”

— Stephan Attia