3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

One of the most obvious signs of intelligence is not knowledge alone but imagination combined with reason.

When you are able to know the right thing, you are intelligent. But when you choose that right thing to do, you are wise. This means people can get money, education, marriage, and good health and not get wisdom. Wisdom is the number one gift for a Godly success.

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

There is this common notion that people are shallow and ignorant until they go out and see the world. I, on the other hand, went out and in comparison realized I was in pretty good standing.

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

A smart man only tells half of what he thinks.

[One way] researchers sometimes evaluate people's judgments is to compare those judgments with those of more mature or experienced individuals. This method has its limitations too, because mature or experienced individuals are sometimes so set in their ways that they can't properly evaluate new or unique conditions or adopt new approaches to solving problems.

Youth is to wander! Adult is to act! Age is to assimilate the beauty of thoughts.

Your baby is smarter than you think.