People never forgive you for showing them what they don’t want to see

When you put an intelligent person in a room, they don’t need to say a word to make others uncomfortable. Their mere presence becomes like holding up a mirror to everyone’s limitations. And nobody likes looking in a mirror that shows them things they would rather ignore

Think about it, people look up to rich people, handsome people, even strong people get admiration. But superior intelligence, that’s different

It stirs out a special kind of resentment, a quiet hatred that most people won’t even admit to themselves