520 Quotes About Intellect

One rule of conduct that has served me well is this: I don’t make an important decision until my heart (intuition) and my head (intellect) are both in agreement.

Intellect (buddhi) is indirect light (of the Self, Soul), and Gnan (Knowledge, that which knows the real & relative) is the direct light (of the Self, Soul). The light of the Self that comes through the medium of ego is buddhi (intellect).

Buddhi (intellect) makes one emotional. What would happen if this train were to become emotional? It will cause accident and kill many people. Similarly, when humans become emotional, countless jivas (organisms) die within. So remain in ‘motion’.

Feedback is essential to growth. Be aware of the difference between genuine and faulty characters. It’s hard to tell who is conforming to others opinions and who is speaking out of intellect and honesty to bring awareness to the people surrounding them. I have always fought to be the latter. The former has always made me withdraw from society.

In this worldly life, man is a prisoner of everything. He is a prisoner of the mind, a prisoner of the intellect, a prisoner of the chit, a prisoner of the anger-pride-deceit-greed; how can a prisoner of all these ever become free?

Her quickness of mind was like a hiss, a dart, a lethal bite.

Unity in our world can never ever be imposed either intellectually, or politically or even scientifically for that matter - it can only rise from the insignia of humanity that lies dormant in the heart of every human - and once you break your shackles of all rigidity, that insignia will burn so bright that no corner of our society will remain untouched by it - it'll turn into an ever-burning torch and will light up the paths of humans all over the world, generation after generation.

The very fact of having fixed conclusions to strive for in orthodox belief does not render the Christian philosopher dogmatic but rather intellectually fruitful, willing to take and follow reason further than the putatively undogmatic unbelieving philosopher

Emotions of flesh, intellect of mind, and conscience of one’s spirit are at war day and night. But whatever your flesh and mind may say, you must learn to always let your spirit decide things in the end. That’s how you fight a good fight, at least in your own eyes.