“One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.”
“The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization”
“A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.”
“the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength and (I love this one) poetry.”
“I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness.”
“Intelligent people know they are intelligent. They also know that one person cannot know all, hence a person is not stupid simply because he is ignorant of one thing or another. They know that, to another intelligent person, they will not appear stupid in asking for an explanation of what they do not know, and so their ignorance on any particular issue does not become an embarrassment.”