Quotes About Intelligence

Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action.

Never confuse acquiring degrees with wisdom.

If your pride leads you to boast, you will be doubly guilty, because your intelligence will have shown that it is incapable of controlling your pride.

I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head - it is the unique intersection of both.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

Don't mistake knowledge for wisdom.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.

Wisdom is the intelligence of the system as a whole.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

Maturity is having the courage to use one's own intelligence!