--- title: "17 Human Ignorance Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 17 Human Ignorance quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Human Ignorance sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/glenn-beck-872_history_the-reason-that-history-so-often-repeats_813873.png" --- > [The reason that history so often repeats is not only human nature, but also human ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-beck/the-reason-that-history-so-often-repeats-is-not-only-human-nature-but/) [Glenn Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/glenn-beck-872_history_the-reason-that-history-so-often-repeats_813873.png) > [The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-thomas/the-greatest-of-all-the-accomplishments-of-20th-century-science-has/) [Lewis Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/lewis-thomas-2299_20th-century_the-greatest-of-all-the-accomplishments_271813.png) > [Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/theology-is-now-little-more-than-a-branch-of-human-ignorance/) [Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/sam-harris-457_branches_theology-is-now-little-more-than-a-branc_536552.jpg) > [human honesty has its varieties; so does human ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-mcnair-wright/human-honesty-has-its-varieties-so-does-human-ignorance/) [Julia McNair Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-mcnair-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/julia-mcnair-wright-20463_doe_human-honesty-has-its-varieties-so-does_1035769.jpg) > [Religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/religious-faith-is-the-one-species-of-human-ignorance-that-will-not/) [Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/sam-harris-457_faith_religious-faith-is-the-one-species-of-hu_239531.jpg) > [The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-takei/the-only-thing-worse-than-human-ignorance-is-human-pride-in-that/) [George Takei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-takei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/george-takei-4192_humans_the-only-thing-worse-than-human-ignoranc_585393.jpg) > [“Religion is nothing more than bad concepts held in place of good ones for all time. It is denial - at once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/religion-is-nothing-more-than-bad-concepts-held-in-place-of-good-ones/) [Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/sam-harris-457_denial_religion-is-nothing-more-than-bad-concep_372482.jpg) > [Most books are about aspects of human knowledge - Few people write books about human ignorance, despite the fact that there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piero-scaruffi/most-books-are-about-aspects-of-human-knowledge-few-people-write/) [Piero Scaruffi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piero-scaruffi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/piero-scaruffi-35190_aspect_most-books-are-about-aspects-of-human-kn_1735158.jpg) > [Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-garlin-spencer/of-all-the-wastes-of-human-ignorance-perhaps-the-most-extravagant-and/) [Anna Garlin Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-garlin-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/anna-garlin-spencer-26212_age_of-all-the-wastes-of-human-ignorance-per_932203.png) > [“While religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/while-religious-faith-is-the-one-species-of-human-ignorance-that-will/) [Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/sam-harris-457_faith_while-religious-faith-is-the-one-species_1047196.jpg) > [To inquisitive minds like yours and mine the reflection that the quantity of human knowledge bears no proportion to the quantity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/to-inquisitive-minds-like-yours-and-mine-the-reflection-that-the/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/benjamin-franklin-65_amused_to-inquisitive-minds-like-yours-and-mine_1929330.png) > [ The greatest achievements in the science of this \[twentieth\] century are themselves the sources of more puzzlement than human beings have ever… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-thomas/the-greatest-achievements-in-the-science-of-this-twentieth-century/) [Lewis Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/lewis-thomas-2299_accounts_the-greatest-achievements-in-the-science_2406887.jpg) > [“dialogue led participants not to certainty but to a shocking realization of the profundity of human ignorance. However carefully, logically, and rationally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/dialogue-led-participants-not-to-certainty-but-to-a-shocking/) [Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/karen-armstrong-1053_communication_dialogue-led-participants-not-to-certain_2562681.jpg) > [What struck me whenever I visited a farm was how much more sophisticated was the life the animals were capable of living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson/what-struck-me-whenever-i-visited-a-farm-was-how-much-more/) [Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson-2541_animal_what-struck-me-whenever-i-visited-a-farm_3002837.jpg) > [Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the nakedness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/let-us-consider-how-great-a-commodity-of-doctrine-exists-in-books-how/) [Richard de Bury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-de-bury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/richard-de-bury-38022_approach_let-us-consider-how-great-a-commodity-of_2045812.jpg) > [''Most people are used to the symbols but they're too stupid to know what it really signifies.'' ''I love human ignorance it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/most-people-are-used-to-the-symbols-but-they-re-too-stupid-to-know/) [Jeremy Limn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-limn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/jeremy-limn-301_common-man_most-people-are-used-to-the-symbols-but_2826754.jpg) > [“Why do we care about Lizzie Borden, or Judge Crater, or Lee Harvey Oswald, or the Little Big Horn? Mystery! Because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/why-do-we-care-about-lizzie-borden-or-judge-crater-or-lee-harvey/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/tim-o-brien-1818_doubt_why-do-we-care-about-lizzie-borden-or-ju_535642.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-ignorance/#itemlist", "name": "Human Ignorance Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The reason that history so often repeats is not only human nature, but also human ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Glenn Beck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-beck/the-reason-that-history-so-often-repeats-is-not-only-human-nature-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/glenn-beck-872_history_the-reason-that-history-so-often-repeats_813873.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/glenn-beck-872_history_the-reason-that-history-so-often-repeats_813873.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/glenn-beck-872_history_the-reason-that-history-so-often-repeats_813873.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The reason that history so often repeats is not only human nature, but also human ignorance.” — Glenn Beck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lewis Thomas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-thomas/the-greatest-of-all-the-accomplishments-of-20th-century-science-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/lewis-thomas-2299_20th-century_the-greatest-of-all-the-accomplishments_271813.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/lewis-thomas-2299_20th-century_the-greatest-of-all-the-accomplishments_271813.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/lewis-thomas-2299_20th-century_the-greatest-of-all-the-accomplishments_271813.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance” — Lewis Thomas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sam Harris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/theology-is-now-little-more-than-a-branch-of-human-ignorance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/sam-harris-457_branches_theology-is-now-little-more-than-a-branc_536552.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/sam-harris-457_branches_theology-is-now-little-more-than-a-branc_536552.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/sam-harris-457_branches_theology-is-now-little-more-than-a-branc_536552.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance.” — Sam Harris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "human honesty has its varieties; 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Indeed, it is likely that the twentieth century will be looked back at as the time when science provided the first close glimpse of the profundity of human ignorance. We have not reached solutions; we have only begun to discover how to ask questions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lewis Thomas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-thomas/the-greatest-achievements-in-the-science-of-this-twentieth-century/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/lewis-thomas-2299_accounts_the-greatest-achievements-in-the-science_2406887.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/lewis-thomas-2299_accounts_the-greatest-achievements-in-the-science_2406887.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/lewis-thomas-2299_accounts_the-greatest-achievements-in-the-science_2406887.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest achievements in the science of this [twentieth] century are themselves the sources of more…” — Lewis Thomas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“dialogue led participants not to certainty but to a shocking realization of the profundity of human ignorance. However carefully, logically, and rationally Socrates and his friends analyzed a topic, something always eluded them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Armstrong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/dialogue-led-participants-not-to-certainty-but-to-a-shocking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/karen-armstrong-1053_communication_dialogue-led-participants-not-to-certain_2562681.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/karen-armstrong-1053_communication_dialogue-led-participants-not-to-certain_2562681.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/karen-armstrong-1053_communication_dialogue-led-participants-not-to-certain_2562681.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“dialogue led participants not to certainty but to a shocking realization of the profundity of human…” — Karen Armstrong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What struck me whenever I visited a farm was how much more sophisticated was the life the animals were capable of living than was assumed by those exploiting them. The more we are willing to see about their lives, the more we will see. Humans seem to take perverse pleasure in attributing stupidity to animals when it is almost always entirely a question of human ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson/what-struck-me-whenever-i-visited-a-farm-was-how-much-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson-2541_animal_what-struck-me-whenever-i-visited-a-farm_3002837.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson-2541_animal_what-struck-me-whenever-i-visited-a-farm_3002837.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson-2541_animal_what-struck-me-whenever-i-visited-a-farm_3002837.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What struck me whenever I visited a farm was how much more sophisticated was the life the animals were…” — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the nakedness of human ignorance without putting it to shame. These are the masters who instruct us without rods and ferules, without hard words and anger, without clothes or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; if investigating you interrogate them, they conceal nothing; if you mistake them, they never grumble; if you are ignorant, they cannot laugh at you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard de Bury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/let-us-consider-how-great-a-commodity-of-doctrine-exists-in-books-how/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/richard-de-bury-38022_approach_let-us-consider-how-great-a-commodity-of_2045812.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/richard-de-bury-38022_approach_let-us-consider-how-great-a-commodity-of_2045812.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/richard-de-bury-38022_approach_let-us-consider-how-great-a-commodity-of_2045812.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they…” — Richard de Bury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "''Most people are used to the symbols but they're too stupid to know what it really signifies.'' ''I love human ignorance it is what blinds them from the truth.'' ''They don't know what is hidden is meant to be hidden for a reason like layers of an onion each lie has one of its own.'' ''The common man will say the sun shines because it does but won't question why or how.'' ''What is now is now and what was simply that was, but saying that isn't is simply being ignorant.''", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeremy Limn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/most-people-are-used-to-the-symbols-but-they-re-too-stupid-to-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/jeremy-limn-301_common-man_most-people-are-used-to-the-symbols-but_2826754.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/jeremy-limn-301_common-man_most-people-are-used-to-the-symbols-but_2826754.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/jeremy-limn-301_common-man_most-people-are-used-to-the-symbols-but_2826754.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“''Most people are used to the symbols but they're too stupid to know what it really signifies.'' ''I love…” — Jeremy Limn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why do we care about Lizzie Borden, or Judge Crater, or Lee Harvey Oswald, or the Little Big Horn? Mystery! Because of all that cannot be known. And what if we did know? What if it were proved—absolutely and purely—that Lizzie Borden took an ax? That Oswald acted alone? That Judge Crater fell into Sicilian hands? Nothing more would beckon, nothing would tantalize. The thing about Custer is this: no survivors. Hence, eternal doubt, which both frustrates and fascinates. It’s a standoff. The human desire for certainty collides with our love of enigma. And so I lose sleep over mute facts and frayed ends and missing witnesses. God knows I’ve tried. Reams of data, miles of magnetic tape, but none of it satisfies even my own primitive appetite for answers. So I toss and turn. I eat pints of ice cream at two in the morning. Would it help to announce the problem early on? To plead for understanding? To argue that solutions only demean the grandeur of human ignorance? To point out that absolute knowledge is absolute closure? To issue a reminder that death itself dissolves into uncertainty, and that out of such uncertainty arise great temples and tales of salvation? I prowl and smoke cigarettes. I review my notes. The truth is at once simple and baffling: John Wade was a pro. He did his magic, then walked away. Everything else is conjecture. 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