Intellect Quotes

"Language is the dress of thought" "The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects." "The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead." "The moment you become aware of your intellect, you will realize that what you know is far less than what you do not know." "Emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head – it is the unique intersection of both." "The greatest scholars are not the wisest men" "Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." "CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence." "The victory of wit over philosophy always comes down to the victory of meaning over fact. " "I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly." "The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts" "Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours" "A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it" "112"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of the past centuries" "An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot"