"It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle."

Intellectual, Intellect, Bryant H. Mcgill

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"It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle."

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"Never believe all that you hear. Always verify the original source of information."

"But let no one imagine that we were mere ascetics. There is no more complex pleasure than thought, and it was to thought that we delivered ourselves over."

"Nothing will be impossible for the one who reads."

"Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way."

"No one knows a man better than himself."

"A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect."

"Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous."

"Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets."

"Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions."

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"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

"Develop new stories from new positive experiences and relationships - the experiences of your emerging new self!"

"When you are broken open you get to discover for the first time what is inside you."

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