Quotes by Intellectual Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Faith is, above all, openness - an act of trust in the unknown. Alan Watts intellectualsuicidecommitment Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap. Alan Watts inabilityacceptingintellectual A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted. Alan Watts philosopherintellectualpeople When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out. Alanis Morissette intellectualwritingsong Philadelphia is a depressing intellectual slum Albert C. Barnes philadelphiadepressingintellectual The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other. Albert Camus rolesviolenceintellectual It should be pointed out for our own guidance in the West that the continual signing of manifestoes and protests is one of the surest ways of undermining the efficacy and dignity of the intellectual. There exists a permanent blackmail that we all know and that we must have the often solitary courage to resist. Albert Camus westintellectualway It is better for the intellectual not to talk all the time. To begin with, it would exhaust him, and, above all, it would keep him from thinking. He must create if he can, first and foremost, especially if his creation does not side-step the problems of his time. Albert Camus intellectualdoethinking I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man. Albert Einstein battleintellectualmen Strenuous intellectual work and the study of God's Nature are the angels that will lead me through all the troubles of this life with consolation, strength, and uncompromising rigor. Albert Einstein studyangelintellectual It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while. Albert Einstein inventionintellectualmen When the nazis came to power, I looked to the universities that prided themselves upon their intellectual freedom, and they failed me. I looked to the German press, which prided itself on the freedom of the press, and it failed me. Until at last the churches stood alone, and that for which I once had little regard earned my respect. Albert Einstein societyintellectualbusiness Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly. Albert Einstein persistencecatholicintellectual I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both to protect their own economic status and, also, generally speaking, to secure their influence in the political field. Albert Einstein politicalintellectualtogether My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred. Albert Einstein hatredintellectualwar My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had already grown up. Albert Einstein developmentspaceintellectual The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment. Albert Einstein groupsintellectualspirit Engineering is not only study of 45 subjects but it is moral studies of intellectual life. Make things as simple as possible..but not simpler. Albert Einstein engineeringintellectualsimple In the temple of science are many mansions, and various indeed are they that dwell therein and the motives that have led them thither. Many take to science out of a joyful sense of superior intellectual power; science is their own special sport to which they look for vivid experience and the satisfaction of ambition; many others are to be found in the temple who have offered the products of their brains on this altar for purely utilitarian purposes. Albert Einstein intellectualambitionsports The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be content, men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers to whatever extent accords with their personal characteristics and abilities. Albert Einstein intellectualmenorder«1234567891011»
