Famous quotes containing the words human and/or intellect:
“It is a law of life that human beings, even the geniuses among them, do not pride themselves on their actual achievements but that they want to impress others, want to be admired and respected because of things of much lower import and value.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
“The intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secrets of things.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)