Intelligence Quotes

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We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.… — John F. Kennedy
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. — Bertrand Russell
First, Know well that Intellectuality is not intelligence. To be intellectual is to be phony; it is a pretending intelligence. It is not real because… — Rajneesh
Remember, meditation will bring you more and more intelligence, infinite intelligence, a radiant intelligence. Meditation will make you more alive and sensitive; your life will… — Rajneesh
The mind is a mechanism. It has no intelligence. The mind is a bio-computer. How can it have any intelligence? It has skill, but it… — Rajneesh
You have to be reminded of a basic fact: intelligence belongs to the watching consciousness; memory belongs to the mind. Memory is one thing -… — Rajneesh
If you are a meditator, as your meditation goes on becoming more and more luminous, your intelligence will be growing to the last breath of… — Rajneesh
The mind always functions in an eccentric way, the mind is always an idiot. The really intelligent person has no mind. Intelligence arises out of… — Rajneesh
Mind is just in the middle. You are nothing but a mess. If you can go beyond it, intelligence grows in you; if you go… — Rajneesh
Idiots are very very clear - clear in the sense that they do not have the intelligence to feel confusion. To feel confusion needs great… — Rajneesh
The real man of intelligence will not cling to any ideology - for what? He will not carry a load of readymade answers. He knows… — Rajneesh
I want my people to laugh like a lion's roar. Then even laughter becomes a tremendous experience, because it is intelligence at its peak. — Rajneesh
Remember, intelligence is not part of the mind. Intellect is, but intelligence is not; hence, the intellectual is full of mind but in life he… — Rajneesh
Mind is memory, not intelligence. — Rajneesh
Intelligence is the capacity to be in the present. The more you are in the past or are in the future, the less intelligent you… — Rajneesh
Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To see the point… — Rajneesh
One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity… — Bertrand Russell
A tradition without intelligence is not worth having. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of… — George Bernard Shaw

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