What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average read more

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose

It is wiser to find out than to suppose

The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which read more

The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.