[jrnewton]

can someone explain this one to me... i just don't get it.

"A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot"

[suboptimal]

My interpretation: a perfectly logical argument may convince you to take actions that harm yourself or others, if all you value is intellect (robot builders, please take note).

"Between the mind that plans and the hands that build there must be a Mediator, and this must be the heart."

[cousin_it]

It's about Marxists. Think Pol Pot studying at the Sorbonne.

[sfk]

Difficult without context. It could be a joke about academic jealousy.

EDIT: Forget that, I agree with the Marxist comment.