top of page
"Our big mistake in modern intellectualism is first and foremost its lack of nuance. We have made science synonymous with atheism - a presupposed conception and yet, another means to non sequiturs - and therefore, to a number of enthusiasts determined to go the further, anti-theism. Hereby let us observe that science has long served best and should be, if none other, the one discipline, if at all possible, free of potential ideology, pro-religious or anti-religious, and/or biased presupposition in order to maintain the true authenticity and the full reliability of its nature."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Intellectual quotes

"I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect."

"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain."

"Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice."

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

"Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s."

"Cultivate the frontal portion of her brain as much as that of man is cultivated, and she will stand his equal at least. Even now, where her mind has been called out at all, her intellect is as bright, as capacious, and as powerful as his."

"No one knows a man better than himself."

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

"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."

"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."
Explore more quotes by Criss Jami

"A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king."

"Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears."

"Religion, like science, is only noteworthy when it emphasizes a matter of what is true rather than whose belief is greater or lesser or which deity works for whom. Sincere religion and tested science are similar in that their assertions can be argued logically and objectively; otherwise, we get false cults and babble."

"These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief."

"I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace."

"The trouble with poetry is it's often written to the sound of a drum only the poet may hear; nonetheless, blessed are those poets who always manage to find unshakeable pleasure in their own works."

"A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself."

"A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way."

"Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness."

"Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as saying skeptics are skeptics because they fear the ridicule of modern society."
bottom of page