3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

Nobody is born with a brain full of knowledge and wisdom. All you can be born with is an intention for learning.

Life is a gift... Enjoy the present

You cannot "educate" people; education does not improve moral character and congenital intelligence. You can show them things, and if they find meaning in them, they'll adapt to their own lifestyle and purpose. It's like eating: you take in food, break it down, and it becomes part of you where you can use it. The rest goes into the carrot patch, and might feed something else.

What should we mean by intelligence? It is not a question of fact, for there is no fact; it is a moral question. There is a "shouldness" in it.

Confusing religion with spirituality is like confusing education with intelligence.

Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it

We don’t come smart out of the box.

Just like competence and performance, good performers are not necessarily the best of leaders.

Some truths, some people will never understand; some, no one will ever understand.