#intelligence

"In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30."

"A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out."

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."

"Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago."

"Infinite is a meaningless word: except – it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition."

"I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control."

"An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils"."

"One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light."

"Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank."

"It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise."

"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously."

"But if one observes, one will see that the body has its own intelligence; it requires a great deal of intelligence to observe the intelligence of the body."

"A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool."

"An intelligent man is one who acknowledges his intelligence as that of those who surround him."

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."

"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."

"The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego."

"Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs."

"You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."