But in another sense, we have a feeling that we do belong in the world, and that part of our nature -- that driven by intellect, by creativity, by love, by the desire to build a better world -- is attuned to some "higher" source of power.
"He transferred his huge drive, intellect and maniacal energy from the service of Richard Nixon to the service of Jesus Christ," said his biographer, Jonathan Aitken, a former British government minister who endured a similar journey of political disgrace and personal redemption after a 1999 conviction for perjury.
A US diplomatic cable, sent by the Chennai consulate in 2009 and later leaked, described Jayalalithaa, a convent school-educated multilingual former film star, as "a consummate autocrat … who climbed to the peaks of power on her own drive, intellect, and political acumen".
One way to avoid the appearance of tokenism is to select transgender individuals with the drive, intellect, and willingness to learn that are necessary for them to grow into their leadership role within the organization and community, and invest resources in their professional development.
HBR: "Powered by intellect, driven by values"—that's the Infosys credo.
In an interview with the "Brooklyn Rail," Bergman captures Schapiro's enthusiasm for art when he says: "Meyer's intellect was driven by fire.
Both fans and detractors of the pianist Maurizio Pollini agree that his playing is powerful and precise, driven by a probing intellect and executed with steely, virtually infallible fingers.
Mr. Cliggott devoted his life to the school motto, "Achieve the Honorable" He became driven to use his intellect, discipline and work ethic to become successful and make his family proud of him.
In club acts this man was the specialist in alienation; his ferocious assaults on assertive audience members, driven by a formidable intellect, can spread waves of discomfort all around him.
"She was one of a kind: tough, possessed of a supreme intellect and driven by conviction," he added.
Although Jorge himself is an immigrant and insists that he would "be trying 10 times a day to get over here" if he were on the Mexican side of the border, he says his intellect has driven him to be an advocate of harsher enforcement policies against illegal immigration.
