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    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.

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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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Thou living ray of intellectual fire.

Thou living ray of intellectual fire.

by William Falconer Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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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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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide

by Napoleon Bonaparte 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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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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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.

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The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

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