Quotes about Intelligence

There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind, and its infinite manifestation, for God is All in All. Spirit is immortal Truth; Matter is mortal error

Sometimes the truth is stupid.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

When I looked at the white people who were doing this, consciously or not, it made me angry because so many of them were baser, less intelligent, less talented than the people they were lording it over. But the whites were in control. We could do nothing about it. We had no power. That was the way society was. I perceived that this was the way it was meant to be: things were organized to keep those who were on top up there. The country was racist all the way through.

Without love, intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence, love is not enough.

I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.

You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together.

When he finished, more triumphant stories rainbowed around the room riding the shoulders of laughter. By all accounts these storytellers, born Black and male before the turn of the twentieth century, should have been ground into useless dust. Instead they used their intelligence to pry open the door of rejection and not only became wealthy but got some revenge in the bargain. It wasn't possible for me to regard them as criminals or be anything but proud of their achievements.

if you can read, you can learn just about anything.

Doesn't assuming that an intelligence created these perfect conditions require far less faith than believing that a life-sustaining Earth just happened to beat the inconceivable odds to come into being?

I've always been attracted to negative influences - I thought that meant you were smart.