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Quotes About Intelligence

The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
I would rather be average and wise than be extraordinary and imprudent.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom is the closest to foolishness, a person can become so wise it leads him to become foolish.
~ Geoffrey Karl Green
Knowledge is air to the wise.Wisdom is poison to a fool.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It's easier to conceal wisdom than folly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A sage's mind is greater than a warrior's sword.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A cup of wisdom is more valuable than an ocean of intelligence.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Three quarters of faith is boldness.Three quarters of wisdom is intelligence.Three quarters of love is kindness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom is finer than pearls.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Intelligence without wisdom is like a hook without bait.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the seed, intelligence is the stem, understanding is the branch, and wisdom is the fruit.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learning is intelligence.Knowing is understanding.Practicing is wisdom.Teaching is virtue.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom lies at the edge of intelligence.Joy lies at the edge of happiness.Faith lies at the edge of boldness.Love lies at the edge of kindness.God lies at the edge of righteousness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The weaknesses of the wise are better than the strengths of fools.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To make dollars from cents you have to have sense.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Solving a problem is intelligence. Preventing a problem is wisdom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A wise servant is better than a foolish ruler.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To have an empty head is worse than to have an empty bank account.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom in poverty is better than folly in affluence.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To be wise for one day is better than to be intelligent for a hundred.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In a group of intelligent men expect only one to be wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One who has great wisdom has great power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Her simplicity fathomed what clever people falsified.
~ Virginia Woolf