“When I was young, I admired clever people.
Now that I am old, I admire kind people” - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Some of the worst people I’ve ever met
have also been the smartest.
They say Eichmann had an IQ of 138.
Clever people build bridges
but they also wage wars.
Without kindness what’s it all for?
What need would he have
for bridges, or cures for diseases?
We may as well die.
Nothing else in the world would be worth a damn
without a genuine smile and a gentle hand;
the feeling of skin on skin. Love.
Love knows no measurement or test.
It can’t be captured in a number.
Fancy scientists say intelligence matters
because it correlates with wealth.
However, the truly wise people
know that the kindest people
are also the richest.
Be wise. Be kind.
Joshua Seigal
