I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

Nations are not thugs. They are bodies of intelligent people.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times.

The people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization.