Jaggi Vasudev Quotes

Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves. Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound; When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam; Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.

...the play of the toughest and most lucid mind are at the same time both lavished andsquandered.

The intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secrets of things.

I think the word "intelligent" dictates a lot about someone's sense of humor, and the terms of reference in your life, the way you interpret something you read or a painting you look at or something.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

What one fool can understand, another can.

Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do!

Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being.

Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

A man hears only what he understands.

I think the average Jew is probably sharper intellectually than the average gentile, because for years and years he's had to live by his wits. Consequently, there has evolved a race of Jews who are more agile mentally than the rest of us.

We have an inner window through which we can see the world, and though it gets cloudy in life, it's our job to wipe it clean and see things as they really are.

Obviously if you're playing some of the smartest men in the world, you want to sound really smart.

Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.

I don't wish to brag, but I'm very intelligent.

There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.

Two key ingredients in any successful chef: a quick learner and someone with a sharp brain.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train or use, and the one that they regard the least. Ask them about swordplay and they can list every blow from a duel a month old, but ask them to solve a problem or make a coherent statement and... well, I would be lucky to get more than a blank stare in return.

Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?"

I can put two and two together, you know. Do not think you are dealing with a man who has lost his grapes.

Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.

I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick.