The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it... — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“To believe, man needs no full reasoning. Without reasoning, it turns into myophia.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
The dirty little secret of the intelligence world is that much of what you really need to know isn't exactly a secret… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated. — Plato Copy Share Image
“Everything happens for a reason. Your brain may not know the reason. Your brain may never figure it out. But your heart… — Margaret Weis Copy Share Image
We need to develop the intuitive capacities of the brain that some geniuses have manifested over humanity's lengthy history. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The essential thing is action. Action has three stages: the decision born of thought, the order or preparation for execution, and the… — Hans von Seeckt Copy Share Image
“Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above both is character. It is true, of course,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence… — Nicholas G. Carr Copy Share Image
First, Know well that Intellectuality is not intelligence. To be intellectual is to be phony; it is a pretending intelligence. It is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Intelligence isn’t just about how many levels of math courses you’ve taken, how fast you can solve an algorithm, or how many… — Andrea Kuszewsk Copy Share Image
