"Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way." ― Marcel Proust Topic(s): Freedom Tags: intellectuals More From Marcel Proust "Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments." "A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it." "Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees." More In Freedom "I needed freedom to really express myself. That’s really what Justified is about."― Justin Timberlake "God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us – as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."― John Calvin "In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else."― Lee Iacocca