Attributes Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“The amount of intellect necessary to please us, is a most accurate measure of the amount of intellect we have.”

— Helvetius

One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“An intellectual is some one who isn't exactly distinguished by his intellect. He claims that label to compensates for his inadequacies.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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

In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.

— Hosea Ballou

“Intelligence isn't measured in the way you speak or how high your degrees are, it's in the art that your hand and mind projects.”

— RON Nicolas

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 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

“I'm not trying to tell you," he said, "that only educated and scholarly men are able to contribute something valuable to the world...[however,] they…

— J.D. Salinger

The intelligence of an individual in not a fixed quantity.

— Alfred Binet