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Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity. ↗

— Aaron Swartz

#curiosity #reading #intelligence

Here, start living moment to moment totally and intensely, joyfully and playfully — and you will see that nothing goes out of control; that your intelligence becomes sharper; that you become younger; that your love becomes deeper. And when you go out into the world, wherever you go, spread life, playfulness, joy, as far away as possible — to every nook and corner of the earth. ↗

— Osho

#intelligence

Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us the impression that our minds are active, because we are required to react to stimuli from the outside. But the power of those external stimuli to keep us going is limited. They are like drugs. We grow used to them, and we continuously need more and more of them. Eventually, they have little or no effect. Then, if we lack resources within ourselves, we cease to grow intellectually, morally, and spiritually. And we we cease to grow, we begin to die. ↗

— Mortimer J. Adler

#knowledge #radio #tv #intelligence

A two-headed man should have twice the IQ, and the ability to have internal dialogues externally.
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— Jarod Kintz

#external #head #intelligence #internal-dialogue #iq

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to leave the world a better place, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#intelligence

Not stupid. Overly trusting, maybe, but that reflects on his lack of trustworthiness, not on your intelligence. ↗

— Tammara Webber

#intelligence #jackie #love #lucas #stupidity

Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They have to protect their belongings. No one is meaner than the rich. Trust me. But they have to follow the rules of their shitty civilised world. They declare war, they have honour, and they can't leave. But you two. We three. We're free. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#intelligence #privilege #rich #wealth #freedom

An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. ↗

— Jef Mallett

#inspirational #intelligence #truth #humor

The powers of a man's mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. ↗

— James Mackintosh

#humor #intelligence #humor

A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this remote planet in a remote corner of the universe, endowed with intelligence and self-awareness. We should not despair, but should humbly rejoice in making the most of these gifts, and celebrate our brief moment in the sun. ↗

— Lawrence M. Krauss

#purpose #universe #inspirational