‘’Character is higher than intellect”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

What ralph is trying to tell us here is that no matter how smart you are or how dumb you are what matters the most is how you choose to react. If a person is very smart but is very rude that is bad character. If a person is dumb but is very helpful and respectful that is good character. Who do you think will be liked more and respected more? The poor guy with good character is. Why? Because he may be dumb but he is not rude to others so he will get respect back. For example you are competing against a person who isn’t that smart who do you think will win? You yes because you are smarter but if you decide to make jokes about it then you are not a winner to other people. They will think that you character is bad and nasty that will will want the dumb guy to win. Be wise about how you want you character to be.