Most often we call a person intelligent when they learn to conform to the societal norm. Are they wise?
– Debasish Mridha
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- If any belief or societal dogma prevents peaceful societal change or progress, that society will inevitably be victims of miserable violent changes. – Debasish Mridha
- Abnormal -“ nonsense. Suggests a norm, which is a tag placed on those who don’t conform to an elite’s view of itself. – Anthony North
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- The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all. – Matshona Dhliwayo
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- An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn’t try. – Jen Knox
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- To be intelligent, be complex; to be wise, be simple. – Debasish Mridha
- Now domestication and sophistication of men by women are the norm and acceptable by society, but they are terrible for manhood. – Debasish Mridha
- A wise quote may not be famous and a famous quote may not be wise! Stick to the wise as the other one is just a bubble! – Mehmet Murat ildan
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- The mind is created when the universal consciousness conforms to societal consciousness. – Debasish Mridha
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- Morality is societal, but kindness is universal. Be kind even if it not always ethical. – Debasish Mridha
- Go out of societal conformity to see and create uplifting beauty. – Debasish Mridha
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- All humans learn from each other’s mistakes. Intelligent humans learn how to avoid them, idiots how to do them. – Raheel Farooq
- I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied! – John Masefield
- Call it sentimentality. Call it curiosity. Just don’t call it madness. – Megan Shepherd
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- None of us have true freedom because every one of us has to conform. – Debasish Mridha
- If you want to conform, then how can you change? – Debasish Mridha
- If you want to conform, then how can you change? – Debasish Mridha
- If you conform, you can never reform. – Debasish Mridha