When intellect declares that nothing exists but matter, it proclaims that its thoughts are nothing but atoms working in the skull. To know how life works, but not know why it works, may satisfy the intellect, but it leaves the heart empty.

The intellect
Likes to collect
Information
And to boast
That it knows
The most.

Intellect
Tends to neglect
Spiritual insight
If it can’t be shown
On a slab
In a lab.

It’s easy to be smart
And completely miss
The art
Of Wisdom.

The intellect may claim to prove that moral standards are meaningless, but consequences prove otherwise. If we apply the scientific method to morality, we’ll see that many behaviors produce consequences that disprove our self-justifications.