520 Quotes About Intellect

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

There is in every intellect a natural exigency for a true concept of God: we are born with the thirst to know and to see Him, and therefore it cannot be otherwise.

I've always believed in instinct over intellect. The instinct is what you always knew; intellect is what you figure out.

Sono così intelligente che a volte non capisco una sola parola di quel che sto dicendo.

Dwelling much on the contemplation of little things, [we] are in danger of losing the intellectual appetite.

Back in the past metaphysical realisation needed only the will of realisation. Later realisation also needed initiation. Even later initiation already presupposed preparation. Today even preparation has to be prepared, but first of all a self-correction should take place.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

The totality of the psyche can never be grasped by the intellect alone.