Intelligence - Quotes
They will envy you for your success, for your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.
It`s a mistake to confuse intelligence with knowledge. Intelligence relates to the way one processes information, not necessarily what she knows or believes. This can lead to an individual making complex justifications to defend her beliefs, even when those beliefs are clearly false.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one`s intelligence.
There’s no point explaining that all we achieve by exacting revenge is to make ourselves the equals of our enemies, whereas by forgiving we show wisdom and intelligence.
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity.
It has certainly been true in the past that what we call intelligence and scientific discovery have conveyed a survival advantage. It is not so clear that this is still the case: our scientific discoveries may well destroy us all, and even if they don't, a complete unified theory may not make much difference to our chances of survival.