A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.
The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.
The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.
It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects.
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.