Quotes about Intellect

Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers.

Nothing in all the vast universe can come to pass otherwise than God has eternally purposed. Here is a foundation of faith. Here is a resting place for the intellect. Here is an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast. It is not blind fate, unbridled evil, man or Devil, but the Lord Almighty who is ruling the world, ruling it according to His own good pleasure and for His own eternal glory.

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

God offers to every mind a choice between repose and truth. take which you please--you can never have both. [Essay on Intellect]

The divine bards are the friends of my virtue, of my intellect, of my strength. They admonish me that the gleams which flash across my mind are not mine, but God's; they had the like, and were not disobedient to the heavenly vision

Sorrow makes us all children again[,] destroys all differences of intellect[.] The wisest know nothing[.]

When an artist runs out of inspiration or a scholar wearies of books, they always have the ability to live. Character is more important than intellect. Life is primary; our thoughts about it are secondary.

Shallow books make shallow men.)

Our intellect is not intended to be an end in itself, but only a means to the very mind of God.

The resulting inability or even desire to reason and think through an idea logically is demonstrated by one-liners such as "I'm not into 'isms.

intellectual answers to the problem of pain are important. But intellect alone cannot help us navigate the minefield of pain and suffering. Other worldviews may offer intellectual answers. Christianity alone offers us a person.

Faith is not bereft of reason. F