3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

If you constantly look stupid somewhere, you might be a genius but in the wrong place. Average minds fit in anywhere, It’s intelligence that doesn’t fit.

Spontaneity is action by the deeper self.

Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.

I am not a teacher, I am a friend who cares.

The silence of a wise man is enough to defeat a fool.

Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.

Beauty is more a danger than intelligence or wit. One becomes a living mirror for the inadequacies of others.

The height of cleverness is in one's ability to be very clever without seeming clever at all.

It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant.