Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average read more

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose

It is wiser to find out than to suppose

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.