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Originally Posted by JHL  If we consider people like Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks or Mother Teresa - the huge differences they made had nothing whatsoever to do with their intelligence, and everything to do with personal integrity, principle and courage.
The people who influence me most are the people with the qualities I mention above. Intelligence is a just an aptitude one is born with, like the ability to play the harp or hit a tennis ball well. There are far more important qualities that define those who are great among us. |
I totally agree. I have known three exceedingly intelligent people (two in my immediate family - not me) and, all aware of their superior intelligence and the extreme advantage it gives them over others, use it to control others and keep people "in their place" so-to-speak. In fact, Steve is the first exceedingly intelligent person I have known of (personally) who is not using his intelligence to the detriment of others.
I don't think extreme intelligence is so important either (in general), but qualities such as you mentioned are and it is important how you treat other people. In the end, all of the stuff discussed here in theory is to be applied in relation to people in our lives and I think how a person treats others is more important, and more truthfully revealing about them, than any of these theoretical concepts and methods.