Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1816)
Context: A philosophy without heart and a faith without intellect are abstractions from the true life of knowledge and faith. The man whom philosophy leaves cold, and the man whom real faith does not illuminate, may be assured that the fault lies in them, not in knowledge and faith. The former is still an alien to philosophy, the latter an alien to faith.
“The heart is wiser than the intellect.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 616.
“Learning does not require faith, just intellect. Obedience requires faith.”
Contagious Disciple Making: Leading Others on a Journey of Discovery
“Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal
“Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections.”
Source: The Alexandria Quartet
Source: The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter IX: The Leech
“There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.”
"A Defence of Heraldry"
The Defendant (1901)
Context: There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect. Men do not quarrel about the meaning of sunsets; they never dispute that the hawthorn says the best and wittiest thing about the spring.
