Intellects Quotes

“I am persuaded that our intellects at twenty contain all the truths we shall ever find”

“God created philosophy for all the intellects that got bored of hearing the same bible stories every Sunday.”

“The principle of vis inertiae (...) seems to be identical in physics and metaphysics. It is not more true in the former, that a large body is with more difficulty set in motion than a smaller one, and that its subsequent momentum is commensurate with this difficulty, than it is, in the latter, that intellects of the vaster capacity, while more forcible, more constant, and more eventful in their movements than those of inferior grade, are yet the less readily moved, and more embarrassed, and full of hesitation in the first few steps of their progress”

“Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, the third is useless.”

“Great intellects are skeptical.”

“Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.”

“Determination is as common among men who are dull and foolish as it is among those who are brilliant intellects.”

“The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men”

“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.”