Intelligence Quote by Simone Weil

Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

— Herbert Spencer

Intelligence has no attachment to the opinion it has formed, but only to the truth it may contain; and, knowing that error insinuates itself…

— Mary Worley Montagu

To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.

— Denise Mina

If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You…

— George Eliot

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.

— Sheri S. Tepper

We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with patience till…

— Thomas Jefferson

Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If…

— Napoleon Hill

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are conclusions to…

— Frances Wright

Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that, little by…

— Marcel Proust

The human mind can hardly remain entirely free from bias, and decisive opinions are often formed before a thorough examination of a subject from…

— H. P. Blavatsky

Intellect helps us to see the best means and manner of doing the right thing, but intellect never shows us the right thing.

— Wallace D. Wattles