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Which is more important?

Intelligence or kindness?

Update:

A lot of people are saying kind people are more fun to be around and stuff, but idiots can be really annoying sometimes.

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  • 6 years ago

    Kindness. We all have the ability to increase our knowledge and train our minds to go far beyond our potential. Kindness is a rarity, it seems; but it's such an important characteristic. It's the kind people that really improve our lives; and when someone is both intelligent and evil, they are the most dangerous type of person.

  • 6 years ago

    Kindness

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    A lot of intelligent people are very proud and stuck up. So IMO it's more important to be kind and win friends.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Both are important, kindness is a better option to have than being intellectual.

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  • 6 years ago

    You cannot have one without the other, you have to be intelligent and knowledge enough to disregard prejudice and understand the long term effects of negative actions, you cant be kind w/ofirst being intelligent enough to think for yourself.

  • lou
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    Both

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    The kind of intelligence that can give kindness.

  • 6 years ago

    As Jewel said in her song "HANDS"-in the end only kindness matters."

  • 6 years ago

    kindness, smart people can do terrible things

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