520 Quotes About Intellect

Do not let your intellect steer you away from what your eyes have seen. Neither should you let it deny what your higher powers have perceived.

He's not a total idiot. In fact, he has a good head on his shoulders. He thinks like a woman, most of the time.

There is no division, in practice, between work and life. [An intellectual craft] is a practice that involves the whole person, continually drawing on past experience as it is projected into the future.

Neglecting criticizing the ideas and putting them on the knowledge scale, pushes the person towards a dead end tunnel; it has no way out except revising the self, and discovering the big holes in the concepts compilation that needs filtering and sorting since the limited intellect accepted them neglecting their faults,mistakes, ineffectiveness and lack of validity.

Wisdom is not an exclusive possession of the intellectual parts of the society.

Eyes are the doorway to your soul ,when you clearly avert the intuitions of your mind .

Does a cat not get its food on time? Whereas these people say, "My business is ruined. Now, what will become of me?" The cat gets milk and bread (to eat) on time. Whereas these humans fret, 'What will we do if we do not get milk?' The moment the intellect is used, things get ruined!

Dehadhyas (the belief that ‘I am the body’) does not leave without [the grace of] the Gnani Purush (the Self-realized One, who can help others realize the Self). The Gnani Purush is vitaraag (one who is free from all attachment). He constantly remains in Swa-parinati (the natural state of the Self). The Gnani Purush does not remain [engrossed] in the body, mind, intellect or ego. That is why only the Gnani Purush can free us from our belief that 'I am the body.

Intellect can be helpful, but it needs consciousness to be its master; otherwise it can behave in a very stupid way. It can misunderstand things, it can misrepresent things. It needs a master to guide it, to give it a sense of direction. That master is your being.