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    The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
    The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the
    mode of that spontaneity. God enters by a private door into
    every individual.

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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a read more

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a lot of courage- -to move in the opposite direction.

by E. F. Schumacher Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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'Tis good-will makes intelligence.

'Tis good-will makes intelligence.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and read more

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to
forgo their use.

by William Falconer Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

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Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious
the world of God within us. There read more

Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious
the world of God within us. There lies the Land of Song; there
lies the poet's native land.

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The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

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Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.

Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
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In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely
urging the manufacture.

by Henri Louis Bergson Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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Thou living ray of intellectual fire.

Thou living ray of intellectual fire.

by William Falconer Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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