Topics ยป Intelligence and Intellectuals
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Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances.
A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.
Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.
The role of the intelligence --that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.