Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think you have.

The quality of the mind is greatly shaped by that of the brain.

You need not be rich or famous to be intelligent, wise, or knowledgeable. And vice versa.

The mind is incapable of refusing to be used as best as it is capable of being used.

The biggest problem with democracy is that the weight of a vote is not determined by the degree of the voter’s intelligence, ignorance, or stupidity.

Some things do not make sense, not in themselves, but to some people.

Unlike that of a society, the spiritual or intellectual awakening of a person is irreversible.

Our books can know and remember for us, but cannot think for us.

The vast majority of those who are respected for being knowledgeable have not produced even a single significant opinion or question of their own.