“A person's intelligence is worthless if he is not equipped with the wisdom to use it.”

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Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Bleeds

“The professionalism of a DJ does not depend on the equipment he has, but on the good use he makes of it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) La professionalità di un DJ non dipende dall'attrezzatura che possiede, ma dal buon uso che ne fa.
Source: prevale.net

“A person's ability to see problems from various points of view and then determine solution steps is not a form of ordinary intelligence in general, but a form of wisdom.”

Titon Rahmawan

“If a person is intelligent, then of course he is either an agnostic or an atheist. Just as he is a physical coward. They are automatic definitions of high intelligence.”

John Fowles book The Magus

Source: The Magus (1965), Ch. 17

“Wisdom is intelligence drenched in culture.”

David Fleming (1940–2010) British activist

Lean Logic, (2016), p. 302, entry on Local Wisdom http://www.flemingpolicycentre.org.uk/lean-logic-surviving-the-future/

“Yes, he is intelligent. But we must be more intelligent. We must be so intelligent that he does not suspect us of being intelligent at all.”

Agatha Christie book The Mysterious Affair at Styles

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)

“Wisdom is the assimilated knowledge in us, gained from an intelligent estimation and close study of our own direct and indirect experience in the world.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“He is extremely intelligent and has a great sense of responsibility. I've seen, in the past few years, he has managed several crises with extreme dignity and wisdom.”

John Elkann (1976) Italian businessman

Henry Kissinger, "Interview: All In The Family" http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901060703-1207766-2,00.html, Time Magazine, 06-25-2006 <br class="br">About

“They [the US] get our oil and give us a worthless piece of paper.”

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956) 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Commenting on the weak U.S. Dollar at the OPEC Summit, 18 November 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7101050.stm. <br class="br">2007

“When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom you keep it to yourself. Food only looks good to a hungry man.”

Orson Scott Card book Xenocide

Source: Xenocide

“A person's intelligence is worthless if he is not equipped with the wisdom to use it.”

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