Quotes of: Intellect Keyword

...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.

Siddhartha

No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead.

On Liberty

Logic, when used correctly and by an intellect that is not corrupted by the lower passions, may lead to one to the Transcendent itself.

Tawhid and Science

* The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men

Voice of Reason

To understand involves the intellect, but to be understanding involves the heart.

Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You

Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.

Ovid

The Nobel Prizes are much more than awards to scholars; they are a celebration of civilization, of mankind, and of what makes humans unique - that is their intellect from which springs creativity.

Stanley B. Prusiner

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.

Thomas Carlyle

The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.

Leonardo da Vinci

F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.

Maureen Dowd

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

Margaret Fuller

Your intuition and your intellect should be working together… making love. That’s how it works best.

Madeleine L'Engle

Life entertains humble men by giving men with below average looks (intellect, knowledge, etc.) an above average self-esteem.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

While having one’s assertions challenged might be bad for an unintelligent man’s ego; it sure is good for his intellect.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Hanging around people you’re smarter than is good for your ego. Hanging around people who are smarter than you is good for your intellect.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

An ID number is only there to 'identify' human beings. Use it to assume people’s intellect or wisdom at your own risk.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Elegance; it lacks the intellect - he is not a dancer who dances to the beat of love - on the other hand, the heart, can not solve mathematical problems.

sir kristian goldmund aumann

Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain.

Steven Bochco

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.

Mary Tyler Moore

Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness.

Saint Teresa of Avila

In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of event...

Georg Simmel