" Character is higher than intellect." By Ralph Waldo Emerson

What this statement means to me is that being a good person is better than being a smart one. people who are kind, caring, and generous will make it farther in life that a person who is snobbish, rude, and disrespectful even if they are smart. What is more important to you, the feelings of others or winning a debate. Most people who make decisions based on logic will say win the debate but people who make decisions based on good character will say that people's feelings are more important. People can both be smart and have good character but it is the people who are just smart that you have to watch out for. They can be ruthless if they don't seem to have a good character. Making decisions based on emotions is sometimes not always the best thing. There are time when you have t think logically. For example, If you are angry and you feel like hurting someone, then you aren't just going to make the decision to hit someone. If you do that you could end up in jail or even worse. The possibilities are endless.