Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) — "The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master."
The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master.
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A warning against over-reliance on the rational mind at the expense of intuition and spirit.
Date: 1970s-1980s
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