Intellect

You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Imam 'Ali on Intellect: The intellect is better than desire, for the intellect makes you a king over your destiny, and desire makes you a slave of your destiny. The intellect is a natural disposition which learns from experience.

Remember that all that you give out in charities and good deeds are like loans that will be paid back to you. Therefore when you are wealthy and powerful, make use of your wealth and power in such a way that you get all that back on the day when you will be poor and helpless: the Day of Judgement.