520 Quotes About Intellect

We’ (the enlightened one) do not have buddhi (intellect). ‘We’ too would become emotional, if We had intellect. ‘We’ are abuddha (one without Intellect). Therefore, those with buddhi (intellect), should think how they can win over the abbudha (one without Intellect), before they think of doing that.

When is Gnan said to have manifested? When a state of non-attachment (vitragta) arises. When does vitragta arise? When intellect goes away(diminishes)..

What makes Gnan (Knowledge that frees) work is the pragna shakti (energy and power of the Pure Soul), and what makes one wander in the worldly life is agna shakti (energy and power of worldly intellect).

Agna (energy and power of worldly intellect) is of worldly interaction, and pragna shakti (energy and power of the Pure Soul) is for moksha.

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

Smartness will not save this world, warmth and wisdom will.

The foundation of wisdom is knowing how to tell when you are totally clueless, lost, and in need of assistance.

Intelligence is knowing the right answer. Wisdom is knowing when to say it.

Darwin read the study, but he was not particularly convinced, damning his cousin with faint praise: "You have made a convert of an opponent in one sense, for I have always maintained that, excepting fools, men did not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work.