Quotes About Understanding

There are three parts to learning: information, knowledge and wisdom, A mere accumulation of information is not knowledge, and a treasure of knowledge is not in itself, wisdom.

Fear comes from the lack of knowledge and a state of ignorance. The best remedy for fear is to gain knowledge.

We gain knowledge from education we gain wisdom from knowledge and experience.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.

Our biggest problem is that our intelligence is not intelligent

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.

Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.

I don't care about someone being intelligent; any situation between people, when they are really human with each other, produces 'intelligence.

Intelligence cannot be present without understanding. No computer has any awareness of what it does.

One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is the course of human intelligence.

The senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses.

Do not always assume the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more.

Intellect doesn't translate across cultures; intuition does.

intelligence is always intimidating to those who aren't!