Acquaintance Quote by Moses Harvey

The term "intellect" includes all those powers by which we acquire, retain, and extend our knowledge; as perception, memory, imagination, judgment, and the like.

— William Fleming

Intellect begins with the observation of nature, proceeds to memorize and classify the facts thus observed, and by logical deduction builds up that edifice…

— Herbert Read

Intellect is merely a narrow and highly specific kind of thing that we DO, but our immediacy relates us to what we naturally and…

— Kenny Smith

Intellect is void of affection and sees an object as it stands in the light of science, cool and disengaged. The intellect goes out…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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

Intellect is the soul of man, the only immortal part of him.

— Thomas Carlyle

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with…

— Edward Thorndike

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of…

— Anonymous

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

Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life.

— Albert Einstein