“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”— Maya Angelou, facebook.com
“The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.”— Ludwig Wittgenstein, amazon.com
“I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.”— Jim Morrison, youtube.com
“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”— Abraham Joshua Heschel, goodreads.com
“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.”— Tom Robbins, amazon.com
“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”— George R. R. Martin, amazon.com
“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”— William S. Burroughs, greatist.com
“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.”— Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, amazon.com
“Intelligent girls can come across as picky — but really, they just know what kind of person they deserve and are unwilling to settle for less.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“There is nothing sexier than an intelligent women who has a lust for learning. Whether they can talk about a book they are reading, current world events, a work project, school research; anything, women who are life-long learners are so much more attractive. Smart is sexy!”— Chelsea Hetzel, inspirationindulgence.com
“Nevertheless, there is important work to be done in philosophy, journalism, biography, and other genres that may never be bestsellers but are just as important to society. Such stories are like elegant math problems that, while not applicable to a wide audience, are still useful to those who know ho…”— Chris Lavergne, techcrunch.com
“Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“I think and think and think. I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com
“Creativity is the highest form of intelligence. Over time, after developing a more advanced creative brain, I started feeling that my college education was more so something to be ashamed of rather than something to be proud of.”— Criss Jami, amazon.com
“We don't recommend acting stupid or like you're innocent to flirt with a boy either. We don't believe men prefer stupid girls, on the contrary, they enjoy the mystery and challenges, and that is always achieved next to intelligent girls.”— Mary Smith, relationships.onehowto.com
“My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.”— Joan Bauer, amazon.com