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"God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth."
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"Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation" the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true."
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"Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent."
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"Smartness without wisdom is stupidity."
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"Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life."
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"A researcher that has a brain that functions differently from their peers is at an advantage, as they can see things that the others cannot."
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"Your complete intelligence is designed to experience the fullness of life, not a narrow omission of its best possibilities."
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"Emotionally intelligent people can focus their emotions to improve performance and productivity."
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"Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that, they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise."
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"None of us is born a genius, it self-ignites within us."
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"Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction of their species, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain."
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"We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure."
Ignorance
"The world is governed by opinion."
Opinion
"One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography."
Anecdote
"Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do."
Character
"Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself."
Self-Improvement
"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."
Conflict
"Error is discipline through which we advance."
Discipline
"No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent."
Power
"Life has a higher end, than to be amused."
Life
"Every man is a volume if you know how to read him."
Man
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