INTELLECT
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father
was so ignorant I could hardly stand
to have the old man around. But when
I got to be twenty-one, I was
astonished at how much the old man
had learned in seven years.
•Mark Twain
Nothing is more difficult, and
therefore more precious,
than to be able to decide
•Napoleon Bonaparte
Intelligence must follow faith,
never precede it,
and never destroy it.
•Thomas Kempis
Some minds are like concrete:
thoroughly mixed up
and permanently set.
•Attributed to the Rev. Denny Brake
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger,
more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius-- and a lot of courage-
-to move in the opposite direction.
•E. F.Schumacker
They say that the more a person learns,
the more they find there is to learn.
Therefore the smarter you think you are,
the dumber you really are.
•Chris Hamono
The test of a first-rate intelligence is
the ability to hold two opposed ideas
in the mind at the same time, and
still retain the ability to function.
•F Scott Fitzgerald
Great spirits have always encountered
violent opposition from mediocre minds.
•Albert Einstein