“the discovery that ordinary people are smart, smart people are ordinary,” 

“No wonder studies show that women's intellectual self-esteem tends to go down as years of education go up. We have been studying our own absence.” 

“Theology is only thought applied to religion.”

“The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent who are trying to explain our failure.”

Transcendental intelligence rises when the intellectual mind reaches its limit and if things are to be realized in their true and essential nature, its processes of thinking must be transcended by an appeal to some higher faculty of cognition.

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. […] The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

Never regard your study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn the liberating beauty of the intellect for your own personal joy and for the profit of the community to which your later work will belong.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction.

Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. 

The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable precondition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be content, men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers to whatever extent accords with their personal characteristics and abilities.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.

I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don't think it's intelligent, and it's not sane. So why would you want to support it?

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

I have an excellent memory, a most excellent memory.

There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.