Witty Words of Wisdom

From comments on everything from artificial intelligence to street smarts, these great thinkers had something to say about intelligence.

1. "No tool is more beneficial than intelligence. No enemy is more harmful than ignorance." -- Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Harithi al-Baghdadi al-Mufid (lived 10th century), Iraqi scholar and jurist. From The Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams, "The Life of the Commander of the Faithful" (I. K. A. Howard [tr.]).

2. "Computers double their performance every 18 months. So the danger is real that they could develop intelligence and take over the world."-- Stephen Hawking (1942 - ), British physicist.

3. "The world of the future will be an ever more demanding struggle against the limits of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be waited upon by our robot slaves."-- Norbert Wiener (1894 - 1964), U.S. mathematician.

4. "It takes a lot of time to be a genius; you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing."-- Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), U.S. writer.

5. "Intellect is invisible to the man who has none."-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860), German philosopher.
6. "I'm not smart. I try to observe. Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why."-- Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870 - 1965), U.S. financier, statesman, and philanthropist. The New York Post.

7. "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."-- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), U.S. writer.

8. "We may have trouble defining intelligence but we recognize it when we see it."-- Steven Pinker (1954 - ), U.S. cognitive scientist and author.

9. "Great Wits are sure to Madness near alli'd And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide."-- John Dryden (1631 - 1700), English poet, playwright, and literary critic.

10. "Intelligence is almost useless to the person whose only quality it is."-- Alexis Carrel (1873 - 1944), French biologist and surgeon.

Source: MSN

Daily Wisdom

By Christina Sponias

A few words of wisdom can make you understand the meaning of your pain and help you give it a heroic perspective.

A few words of humor can help you completely forget how horrible you feel.

A few words of logic can help you be very realistic and practical.

A few words of gratitude can compensate you for a thousand efforts without recognition.

A few words of compassion can save a life, open a door and impede a mistake. They can give relief, courage to live and many more things you cannot imagine or perceive.

You never know how much someone needs to hear them from your lips...

I remember many tragic moments in my life and a few words that prevented me from falling. They were pure support.

I remember a few words someone told me before my departure that stayed with me during the entire trip. Simple statements and simple conclusions that helped me immensely while they seemed to be so obvious...

I also remember powerful words in very serious moments. Words that made me accept a challenge, comprehend an enigma, acquire courage and decide to proceed. Words that made me indeed think and realize. I felt wise!

A few sensitive words opened my heart. A few beautiful words made me cry.

Of course you can speak and say something good. It doesn't need to be very important or reflect the level of your intelligence and culture. It only needs to be full of humanity and compassion-simple but essential!

Don't be a wall; don't be a piece of ice. Don't be like all the indifferent and impolite people who cannot afford to spend even a little of their time.

Be nice. Stay for a while.

Be a friend, give a handshake, give a smile!

Prevent Depression and Craziness through the scientific method of Dream Interpretation discovered by Carl Jung and simplified by Christina Sponias, a writer who continued Jung's research in the unknown region of the human psychic sphere.

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