Intellectual Quotes

“The degeneration of a country is not due to the foolishness of its people, but to the selfishness of its intellectuals.”

“The task of the religious intellectual is to distinguish between the core of religion and its historical shell.”

“Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.”

“The intellectual is, quite simply, a human being who has a pencil in his or her hand when reading a book.”

“The man of letters is a man who has undertaken to live by the mind.”