--- title: "11 Discovery Ignorance Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 11 Discovery Ignorance quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Discovery Ignorance sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/will-durant-948_discovery_sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i_2125325.png" --- > [Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i-know-nothing-education-is-a-2/) [Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/will-durant-948_discovery_sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i_2125325.png) > [Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of-our-own-ignorance/) [Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/will-durant-948_discovery_education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of_18047.png) > [Education is a progressive discovery of your own ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of-your-own-ignorance/) [Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/will-durant-948_education_education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of_3071051.png) > [“The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/the-greatest-scientific-discovery-was-the-discovery-of-ignorance/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/yuval-noah-harari-100_discovery_the-greatest-scientific-discovery-was-th_2445754.jpg) > [The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-boorstin/the-greatest-obstacle-to-discovery-is-not-ignorance-it-is-the/) [Daniel J. Boorstin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-boorstin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/daniel-j-boorstin-3089_discovery_the-greatest-obstacle-to-discovery-is-no_1982799.png) > [“For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/for-i-found-myself-embarrassed-with-so-many-doubts-and-errors-that-it/) [Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/ren-descartes-1376_doubt_for-i-found-myself-embarrassed-with-so-m_1496697.jpg) > [“There is no better outcome of one’s education, which the American philosopher William Durant called “a progressive discovery of our ignorance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-mali/there-is-no-better-outcome-of-one-s-education-which-the-american/) [Taylor Mali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-mali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/taylor-mali-16644_education_there-is-no-better-outcome-of-one-s-educ_1439678.png) > [Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. We teach more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i-know-nothing-education-is-a/) [Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/will-durant-948_culture_sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i_1856591.png) > [For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/for-i-found-myself-embarrassed-with-so-many-doubts-and-errors-that-it-2/) [Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/ren-descartes-1376_discovery_for-i-found-myself-embarrassed-with-so-m_2937434.png) > [“The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance. Once humans realised how little they knew about the world, they suddenly had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/the-greatest-scientific-discovery-was-the-discovery-of-ignorance-once/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/yuval-noah-harari-100_science_the-greatest-scientific-discovery-was-th_1978614.jpg) > [“However, the Scientific Revolution freed humankind from this conviction. The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance. Once humans realised how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/however-the-scientific-revolution-freed-humankind-from-this/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc0/yuval-noah-harari-100_faith_however-the-scientific-revolution-freed_1843269.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discovery-ignorance/#itemlist", "name": "Discovery Ignorance Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Will Durant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i-know-nothing-education-is-a-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/will-durant-948_discovery_sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i_2125325.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/will-durant-948_discovery_sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i_2125325.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/will-durant-948_discovery_sixty-years-ago-i-knew-everything-now-i_2125325.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own…” — Will Durant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Will Durant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of-our-own-ignorance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/will-durant-948_discovery_education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of_18047.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/will-durant-948_discovery_education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of_18047.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/will-durant-948_discovery_education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of_18047.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” — Will Durant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Education is a progressive discovery of your own ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Will Durant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of-your-own-ignorance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/will-durant-948_education_education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of_3071051.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/will-durant-948_education_education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of_3071051.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/will-durant-948_education_education-is-a-progressive-discovery-of_3071051.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Education is a progressive discovery of your own ignorance.” — Will Durant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yuval Noah Harari" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/the-greatest-scientific-discovery-was-the-discovery-of-ignorance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/yuval-noah-harari-100_discovery_the-greatest-scientific-discovery-was-th_2445754.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/yuval-noah-harari-100_discovery_the-greatest-scientific-discovery-was-th_2445754.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/yuval-noah-harari-100_discovery_the-greatest-scientific-discovery-was-th_2445754.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance.” — Yuval Noah Harari", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel J. 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