Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The intellect is a cold thing and a merely intellectual idea will never stimulate thought in the same manner that a spiritual idea does.
Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.
The highest qualities of character... must be earned.
I do feel more towards certain characters who have depth and intelligence.
The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.
I do think that the strongest character is somebody that you can connect with to your personal self, or at least find the humanity in both of you and start from there.
Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.