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Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. – Simone Weil

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Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. – Simone Weil

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Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace. – Simone Weil

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A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. – Simone Weil

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I need to add that my work on multiple intelligences received a huge boost in 1995 when Daniel Goleman published his book on emotional intelligence. I am often confused with Dan. Initially, though Dan and I are longtime friends, this confusion irritated me. – Howard Gardner

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I wont insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said. – William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Common sense is not so common. – Voltaire

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The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence. – Walter Lippmann

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