“The intellectual process must be stirred. A feeling for knowledge for its own sake must be engendered. Learning will then be an exciting adventure which few can escape, nor will many wish to. And it will bring the spirit to a great awakening which can likely last a lifetime.” FeelingsLastsSpiritWishProcessEducationAdventureIntellectualExcitingLifetimeSakeAwakeningExciting Adventures Author:Julius Sumner Miller
“I am distinctly opposed to visibly arrogant and arbitrary extremes of government--but this is simply because I wish the safety of an artistic and intellectual civilisation to be secure, not because I have any sympathy with the coarse-grained herd who would menace the civilisation if not placated by sops.” IfsGovernmentWishIntellectualSafetyExtremesSecureArtisticArrogantArbitraryHerdsCivilisationMenaceCoarse Book:Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft Source: Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft
“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantWritingSelfFacesWishDealsPowerfulFictionGoneClearDoubtTheoryIntellectualToolsInstitutionsDiscriminationMost PowerfulNon FictionSelf-doubt Author:Bell Hooks
“The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it. But we cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for; that task is left to others. With the desire for excellence comes, therefore, the desire for approbation. And this distinguishes intellectual excellence from moral excellence; for the latter has no necessity of human tribunal; it is more inclined to shrink from the public than to invite the public to be its judge.” HumansLittlesDesireLeftWishMoralJudgingDegreesIntellectualTasksExcellenceStriveLatterAttributesInvitesShrinksTribunalsMoral Excellence Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton