Republics are created by the virtue public spirit and intelligence of the citizens. They fall when the wise are banished from the public councils because they dare to be honest and the profligate are rewarded because they flatter the people in order to betray them.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men in intelligence or race so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.

I'm in awe of the universe but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals though even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative whether Buddhist or Catholic.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

Science knows no country because knowledge belongs to humanity and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

In these troubled uncertain times we don't need more command and control we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

For passion be it observed brings insight with it it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons fools and idiots especially during youth.

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.