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"For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."
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"Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life."
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"Your complete intelligence is designed to experience the fullness of life, not a narrow omission of its best possibilities."
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"Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that, they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise."
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"Intelligence is dangerous. Intelligence means you will start thinking for yourself."
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"It is not that men become too intelligent for God,' says the Apologist, 'but rather they become too arrogant for intelligence."
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"Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs."
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"Our head is designed to broaden our capability of analyzing facts, events and draw the right conclusions."
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"Solving a problem is intelligence. Preventing a problem is wisdom."
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"Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision."
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"You have to be smart to get what you want."
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"No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service."
Fear
"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."
Man
"I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses."
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"I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence."
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"For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."
Intelligence
"Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise."
Paradise
"But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them."
Truth
"These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished."
Man
"I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April."
Exploration
"For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear."
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