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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.
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.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
'Tis good-will makes intelligence.
'Tis good-will makes intelligence.
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.
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.
