A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Saul Bellow
About This Quote

The quote, "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep," implies that in order to have a successful illusion, people must be intelligent. Otherwise, they would know what is really true. People gain power through illusion because they are not aware of their real needs. They are not motivated by their own needs but instead jumping at the opportunity to get something that will give them power. Thus, they become more powerful than the people who are motivated by their own needs.

Source: To Jerusalem And Back

Some Similar Quotes
  1. Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for... - Bob Marley
  2. As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. - John Green
  3. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you,... - Pablo Neruda
  4. Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. - Neil Gaiman
  5. There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. - Sarah Dessen
More Quotes By Saul Bellow
  1. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
  2. There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves
  3. It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
  4. Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
  5. Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
Related Topics