It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. —Arthur C. Clarke More about this quote Tags: intelligence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: intelligence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect. —Gordon Atkinson More about this quote Tags: integrity respect faith Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. —Meister Eckhart More about this quote Tags: integrity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the sufferings of poverty, disappointment, despair - to the anguish of an afflicted one! —Ann Radcliffe More about this quote Tags: integrity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their punishment certain; and that innocence, though oppressed by injustice, shall, supported by patience, finally triumph over misfortune! —Ann Radcliffe More about this quote Tags: integrity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. —Rita Mae Brown More about this quote Tags: instinct Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking. —Malcolm Gladwell More about this quote Tags: instinct Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis. —Malcolm Gladwell More about this quote Tags: instinct Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin. —Katharine Butler Hathaway More about this quote Tags: instinct Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: instinct Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: instinct Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. —Socrates More about this quote Tags: inspiration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. —Frank Tibolt More about this quote Tags: inspiration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self- consciousness. —Aaron Copland More about this quote Tags: inspiration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email