Category: Intelligent quotes

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself

Give a man a truth and he will think for a day teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime

Truth comes, but we can’t hear it. How can we hear it when we have been programmed to fear it?

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it

I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think

There are some things that money just can’t buy. Like manners, morals and integrity

Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists

The only free people in this world are slaves to knowledge

It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws

I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

You can’t just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution

Do not correct a fool, or he will hate you; correct a wise man and he will appreciate you

Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting

I am still learning

Not to know is bad. Not to wish to know is worse

Your mind can be your best friend or your worst enemy