Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Deep in the human nature, there is an almost irresistible tendency to concentrate physical and mental energy on attempts at solving problems that seem to be unsolvable. Indeed, for some kinds of active people, only the seemingly unsolvable problems can arouse their interest.
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
We have to be able to adapt to new situation. It's another form of the definition of intelligent behavior.
Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.
Making use of human weaknesses in intelligence work is a logical matter. It keeps coming up, and of course you try to look at all the aspects that interest you in a human being.
Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.
To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.
Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action.