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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.
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.
For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought
with it the means of seeing."
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For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought
with it the means of seeing."
- Thomas Carlyle,
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.
The intellectual power, through words and things,
Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!
The intellectual power, through words and things,
Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
'Tis good-will makes intelligence.
'Tis good-will makes intelligence.
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.