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Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
It is wiser to find out than to suppose
It is wiser to find out than to suppose
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it read more
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.
The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.