Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Quotes

The truth of it is that women are far more logical than men.

There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

Chess masters don't evaluate all the possible moves. They know how to discard 98 percent of the ones they could make and then focus on the best choice of the remaining lot. That's the way expertise works in other fields, too: Wise practitioners recognize familiar patterns and put their creativity, improvisation, and skill toward the marginal cases.

With my intellect, I'm somebody who can think fast, think on my feet and can think under pressure.

Reason is the first victim of strong emotion.

Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.

Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.

We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.

We assured Phelan that we were more than happy to let him have you and your menagerie,” Leo retorted. “After that, he said he needed to think.” “About what?” Beatrix demanded. “What is there to think about? Why is it taking him so long to make a decision?” “He’s a man, dear,” Amelia explained kindly. “Sustained thinking is very difficult for them.

Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don’t grab the right ideas or don’t know what to do with them.

The basis of persistence is the Power of Will.

Self-esteem is reliance on ones power to think.

Wit is the lightning of the mind, reason the sunshine, and reflection the moonlight.

As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.

Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.

It's rather nice to think of oneself as a sailor bending over the map of one's mind and deciding where to go and how to go. The great thing to remember is we can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough.

It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.

The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.

Should men and women be equal in all things? Absolutely. But I'm old-fashioned in that I like the differences between the sexes. My male characters are neither Neanderthals nor Prince Charmings. They're flawed.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.

I just happen to believe that people are not stupid.

Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man has over other animals is the ability to think. It is primarily our ability to think that sets us apart from other animals.