Intelligence is derived from two words J. Martin Klotsche More Quotes by J. Martin Klotsche More Quotes From J. Martin Klotsche Intelligence is derived from two words - inter and legere - inter meaning 'between' and legere meaning 'to choose'. An intelligent person, therefore, is one who has learned 'to choose between'. He knows that good is better than evil, that confidence should supersede fear, that love is superior to hate, that gentleness is better than cruelty, forbearance than intolerance, compassion than arrogance, and that truth has more virtue than ignorance. J. Martin Klotsche intelligent hate ignorance Thomas Jefferson spoke of certain truths as self-evident. He did not say that these truths were self-explanatory or that they were self-operating. J. Martin Klotsche spokes self inspirational
