The history of Science is not a mere record of isolated discoveries; it is a narrative of the conflict of two contending powers, the expansive force of the human intellect on one side, and the...

Intellectually curious men become generalists. Intellectually lazy men settle for being specialists.

Atheists determine there is no God based on their own intellect. I’ve determined there is a God based on His intellect.

Evolution did not design us to believe only true facts, nor to buy only useful products, nor to say only meaningful sentences

It is a courage which can find the solution to every problem, not the intelligence.

An intellectual is some one who isn’t exactly distinguished by his intellect. He claims that label to compensates for his inadequacies.

Intellectual death is endemic in areas where people are unprepared to obtain new information for development. Learning is a way of staying alive.

Modern civilization depends on science … James Smithson was well aware that knowledge should not be viewed as existing in isolated parts, but as a whole, each portion of which throws light on all the...

When you paint your lips, eye lids, nails or whatever, to look attractive, don’t forget your up stairs(intellect) if you leave it behind, i will consider all other colors invalid.

It is better to read one intellectually challenging book every 12 months … than to read 12 entertaining books every month.

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...

No, there’s going to be no even tenor with me. The more uneven it is the happier I shall be. And when my time comes to die, I’ll be able to die happy, for I...

Watch out for intellect,because it knows so much it knows nothingand leaves you hanging upside down,mouthing knowledge as your heartfalls out of your mouth.

some of the happiest moments of my life have occurred just before I fall asleep or wake up, when I linger in that twilight world between consciousness and unconsciousness, in a state of somnolent repose...

Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild.

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

Creativity is not intelligence, it is the ability to do what you did not know through the use of what you know.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world.

Wit had conquered science by laughing it out of court.