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Letter "I" » Intelligence
«There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.»
«... the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Intelligence,
Pleasure,
Understanding
«The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force»
Author: George Bancroft
| About:
Civilization,
Force,
Intelligence,
Mind,
Progress,
Wealth
| Keywords:
brute, brute force, exact, prevailed
«There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence»
Author: John Calvin
(Statesman, Theologian)
| About:
Confidence,
Intelligence
| Keywords:
block, block out, screen, screened, screening, screens, screen out
«The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind»
«They have a tourniquet on the brain.»
«The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.»
Author: Robert Frost
| About:
Intelligence,
Knowledge
| Keywords:
get into, get up, office, organ, starts, The Brain, The Office, working
«The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.»
«There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun»
Author: Pablo Picasso
(Artist, Painter)
| About:
Intelligence
| Keywords:
painters, spot, the help, The Yellow, transform, yellow, yellowing, yellow spot
«There is no method but to be very intelligent.»
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