Paulo Coelho Quotes

I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.

How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female says, in the tone of one clinching an argument, 'Edgar says -- ' And all the time you are perfectly aware that Edgar is a perfect fool.

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.

The intelligent fights only when he must and never for sport.

Homunculi are bogeymen only if they duplicate entire the talents they are rung in to explain. If one can get a team or committee of relatively ignorant, narrow-minded, blind homunculi to produce the intelligent behaviour of the whole, this is progress.

The advantage of wisdom is that you can play dumb. The opposite is more difficult.

If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn't destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one day and expect to eat the next, it is not even intelligent, let alone civilized.

Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.

Don't assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals.

Archer was too intelligent to think that a young woman like Ellen Olenska would necessarily recoil from everything that reminded her of her past. She might believe herself wholly in revolt against it; but what had charmed her in it would still charm her even though it were against her will.

I often had no scruples about deceiving nitwits and scoundrels and fools when I found it necessary. ...We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and... deceiving a fool is an exploit worthy of an intelligent man. What has infused my very blood with an unconquerable hatred of the whole tribe of fools from the day of my birth is that I become a fool myself when I am in their company.

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

Inactivity strikes us as intelligent behavior.

Actually, most people don't think I have too much sense because I would rather be fairly intelligent and act dumb instead of not having any sense at all and try to act smart.

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.

When it comes to social interaction, the chimpanzees appear to be just as intelligent as we are.

When everything seems to be set to show me off as intelligent, the fool I always keep hidden takes over all that I say.

Leftovers make you feel good twice. First, when you put it away, you feel thrifty and intelligent: 'I'm saving food!' Then a month later when blue hair is growing out of the ham, and you throw it away, you feel really intelligent: 'I'm saving my life!'

Intelligent women always marry fools

Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid as well. I think that's something you might have to consider.

Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.

If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.