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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.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no read more
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a
pipe, whose fragments are read more
A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a
pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The
fragments of an intellect are always good.
Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing
organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of
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Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing
organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of
making and using unorganized instruments.
The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, read more
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.
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.
They say that the more a person learns, the more they find there is to learn. Therefore the smarter you read more
They say that the more a person learns, the more they find there is to learn. Therefore the smarter you think you are, the dumber you really are.