“Wants awaken intellect. To gratify them disciplines intellect. The keener the want the lustier the growth.” WantGrowthDisciplineIntellect Book:Disunion: 2 discourses Source: Disunion: 2 discourses
“Scholars of the East and West have heroically consecrated their whole working lives to making available, by means of their own disciplines, Sufi literary and philosophical material to the world at large. In many cases they have faithfully recorded the Sufis' own reiteration that the Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.” WorldWayMeanBookWholeCasesMaterialsDisciplineOrdinaryUnderstoodPhilosophicalWestAvailableIntellectEastHave FaithScholarSufiEast And WestWorking LifeBook Learning Book:The Sufis Source: The Sufis
“I'm a prostitute. Do you know what, it really is basically I just really like to work! I'm thrilled that there's a variety. It's why I got into this business to begin with, because I really don't have the discipline or intellect to have a 9-to-5 job. But I came from a classical music background and I merged that to theatre, it kind of opened up the door to a lot of different possibilities.” KnowsKindDifferentJobsDoorsPossibilityDisciplineIntellectTheatreBackgroundsVarietyDo You KnowClassical Music Author:Jason Graae
“As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly.” GivingHelpingDesireGrowsGraceEffectsDivineMastersDisciplineIntellectHealMasteryDetachedDivine Grace Book:Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession Source: Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession
“Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by withdrawing entirely into narrowly defined specialties. The rare scholars who are nomads-by-choice are essential to the intellectual welfare of the settled disciplines.” IfsWould BeScienceChoicesSportsDisciplineEssentialsIntellectualAccountsCompetitionIntellectDefinedWelfareScholarRuinedNomadSpecialtyWithdrawing Author:Benoit Mandelbrot