Degenerates Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The scholar may lose himself in schools, in words, and become a pedant; but when he comprehends his duties, he above all men is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

— Samuel Richardson

The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The resources of the scholar are proportioned to his confidence in the attributes of the intellect.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

— Albert Camus

Character is Higher Than Intellect. Thinking Is the Function. Living Is The Functionary. The Stream Retreats To Its Source. A Great Soul Will Be…

— Pacifiersucker

Carl Becker has defined a professor as a man who thinks otherwise; a scholar is a man who otherwise thinks.

— Randall Jarrell

Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying. In return, he owes it to his fellow…

— Karl Popper