All Quotes By Tag: Intelligence

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”

“There are many ways of being clever, but only one way of being wise.”

“True intelligence is knowing that wisdom comes from perceptions and experiences.”

“Time keeps moving forward, no matter what you’re feeling.”

“A very thin line separates wisdom from wickedness.”

“We, Equality 7-2521, were not happy in those year in the Home of the Students. It was not that the learning was too hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. The Teachers told us so, and they frowned when they looked at us.”

“Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank.”

“What sets humans apart from animals is that we have to walk around saying how smart we are, and animals just live their lives.”

“Wisdom is nothing more than the marriage of intelligence and compassion.And, as with all good unions, it takes much experience and time to reach its widest potential.Have you introduced your intellect to your compassion yet? Be careful; lately, intellect has taken to eating in front of the TV and compassion has taken in too many cats.”

“Your actions will always be what the world sees, but people who choose to see through God’s eyes will always have the compassion to understand why.”

“To struggle against darkness is not to blunder ignorantly; intelligence is needed to generate right action.”

“The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.”

“The intelligent have plans; the wise have principles.”

“The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. Their intelligence is for everyone, so as to have a world in which there is less ignorance. (118)”

“Incredibly intelligent people always seem odd to those who are not as sharp.”