#gen

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego. ↗

— Hamza Yusuf

#egoism #intelligence #weak #wisdom #wise

be powerful and yet loyal, be intelligent and yet humble. ↗

— Evangeline Anumba

#intelligence

If you were smart," Genghis said, "you would have borrowed the silverware of one of your friends." "We never thought of that," Klaus said. When one is forced to tell atrocious lies, one often feels a guilty flutter in one's stomach, and Klaus felt such a flutter now. "You certainly are an intelligent man." "Not only am I intelligent," Genghis agreed, "but I'm also very smart. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#clever #count-olaf #funny-humor #intelligent #lemony-snicket

Some fool aims to go to heaven; some clever knows that there isn’t any; and some intelligent tries to create one with his own effort! Be intelligent! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#intelligence

My Holy Book is human intelligence; I have no other Holy Book at all! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#intelligence

Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea? ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#jealousy #reckoning #small-mindedness #tea #wine

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#genius #mediocrity #pays #tribute

Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious! ↗

— Héloïse d'Argenteuil

#desire #fear #jealousy #longing #love

Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant,' it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#america #appearance #believe #centuries #current

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#life