We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Together we must learn how to compose difference, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.

There are four powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses sight, hearing, and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all.

A military leader must possess as much character as intellect. Men who have a great deal of intellect and little character are the least suited; they are like a ship whose masts are out of proportion to the ballast; it is preferable to have much character and little intellect. Those men whose intellect is mediocre and whose character is in proportion are likely to succeed in their profession. The base must equal the height.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.