All Quotes By Tag: Intelligence
“What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.”
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“No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don’t have.”
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“The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.”
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“All knowledge meets an end at the question ‘…Why?”
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“Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, ‘See, he is a wise man!’ Is it not so?”
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“Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.”
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“In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves.”
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“Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.”
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“A knavish speech sleeps in a fool’s ear.”
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“Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy,” said my father as he watched the three beauties. “But it seems only idiots are ever happy. How can we explain this?”
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“The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one’s own accord – it feels great – but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop.”
“Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.”
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“I don’t fancy colors of the face, I’m always attracted to colors of the brain.”
“I don’t know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn’t make you happy.”
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“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
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