“The thing to understand is that if you are going to reform society you don't start with cops. And if you are going to reform intellect you don't start with psychiatrists. If you don't like our present social system or intellectual system the best thing you can do with either cops or psychiatrists is stay out of their way. You leave them 'till last.” IfsWayLastsSocialGrowthCan DoIntellectualIntellectReformBest ThingsCopPsychiatristSocial Systems Book:LILA An Inquriry into Morals Source: LILA An Inquriry into Morals
“It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing-and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite - that is all he did. These object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought to make us modest. But nothing can do that.” MenShouldLittlesImportantLastsCan DoSimpleForgetTeachObjectsOughtLessonsThousandPureAll ThingsImportant ThingsPhotographCreditIntellectNineEnginesModestTelephonesNinetySteamPlagiarismNinety NineTelegraphSteam EnginesPhonograph Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)
“Theater publicly reveals the human condition through appealing to both intellect and emotion. Architecture, whether lowly or exalted, can do the same.” HumansCan DoEmotionConditionsTheaterIntellectArchitectureHuman ConditionExalted Author:Hugh Hardy
“Man is a rational animal—so at least I have been told. … Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man to proclaim explicitly that man is a rational animal. His reason for this view was … that some people can do sums. … It is in virtue of the intellect that man is a rational animal. The intellect is shown in various ways, but most emphatically by mastery of arithmetic. The Greek system of numerals was very bad, so that the multiplication table was quite difficult, and complicated calculations could only be made by very clever people.” PeopleKnowsMenWayFirstsHas BeensMadeReasonDifficultCan DoAnimalViewsVirtueDifficultyTablesVariousComplicatedIntellectCleverRationalGreekMasteryGreeceCalculationsComplicationArithmeticVery CleverMultiplicationNumerals Author:Bertrand Russell
“I think it is harder to write a story that appeals to the intellect. But, when you tie onto one, you can do it quite deeply. It really depends on the type of idea you have to begin with.” ThinkingWritingIdeasStoriesCan DoTypeDependsHarderIntellectAppealsTiesYou Can Do It Author:Stephen King