There is a time for faith, Bishop, and a time for action. It would be a foolish man who stood on a battlefield and faced an army with a Bible in his hands. We are here to do the bidding of our Lord Almighty, but it is through deeds, as well as piety, that we serve Him.

Robyn Young

Mots clés intelligence reality fact logic



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Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.

François de la Rochefoucauld

Mots clés intelligence passion madness foolishness cleverness



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Once, in his first term, Cartwright had been bold enough to ask him why he was clever, what exercises he did to keep his brain fit. Healey had laughed.

"It's memory, Cartwright, old dear. Memory, the mother of the Muses... at least that's what thingummy said."

"Who?"

"You know, what's his name, Greek poet chap. Wrote the Theogony... what was he called? Begins with an 'H'."

"Homer?"

"No, dear. Not Homer, the other one. No, it's gone. Anyway. Memory, that's the key.

Stephen Fry

Mots clés intelligence memory hesiod



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I went away and cried to the Master of the Universe, "What have you done to me? A mind like this I need for a son? A heart I need for a son, a soul I need for a son, compassion I want from my son, righteousness, mercy, strength to suffer and carry pain, that I want from my son, not a mind without a soul!

Chaim Potok

Mots clés intelligence compassion parenting judaism hasidic-judaism chasidut



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We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.

George Orwell

Mots clés truth intelligence progress philosophy duty



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Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness be said.

Clare B. Dunkle

Mots clés intelligence honesty politeness insightfulness



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Why is being a nerd bad? Saying I notice you’re a nerd is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you’d rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you’d rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Linsey Lohan. Why is that?

John Green

Mots clés intelligence thoughtful nerd nerds nerdy



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Enough about my beauty," Buttercup said. "Everybody always talks about how beautiful I am. I've got a mind, Westley. Talk about that.

William Goldman

Mots clés humor intelligence women beauty wit minds



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Technically, you don't pay me.
And technically, most of what I do is "think."

I...rrr. ummm.

And when you get right down to it, I'm better at it than you are.
-Ennesby

Howard Tayler

Mots clés intelligence thinking humour military



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Let no one misunderstand our idea; we do not confound what are called 'political opinions' with that grand aspiration after progress with that sublime patriotic, democratic, and human faith, which, in our days, should be the very foundation of all generous intelligence.

Victor Hugo

Mots clés politics intelligence les-miserables victor-hugo



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