3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It's rare to find a genius in the context of the noun, but most people, if not all, have a bit of genius in them in the context of the adjective.

Our minds sometimes think best when fueled by another brain's thought. Be willing to consider what someone else thinks before you decide what you think. That way you can know what you think and why you think it.

Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains.

Enlightenment is not about attaining an ultimate level of intelligence or intellect. It is regained by shedding all the ideas, illusion and binds thrust on you and that you then so readily accrue.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

Don't keep your nation-changing thoughts to yourself. Else it won't actually change the nation. Impact!

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

Enlightenment is not about attaining a ultimate level of intelligence or intellect. It is regained by shedding all the ideas, illusion and binds thrust on you and that you then so readily accrue.