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For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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