“Progress had not invaded, science had not enlightened, the little hamlet of Pieuvrot, in Brittany. They were a simple, ignorant, superstitious set… — Eliza Lynn Linton Copy Share Image
“The tragedy of our seemingly insurmountable ignorance keeps us seeking.” — Owen O'Brien Copy Share Image
Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride,… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We don't, as a collective life on this planet, all get groovy together or all sink into ignorance together. One by one… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Your silence hurts me more than your words, but your ignorance hurts me more than your intentions ever can. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“One of the most deadly causes of destruction of divine destinies is when a leader is failing, but he or she does… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Five hundred years of science have liberated humanity from the shackles of enforced ignorance.” — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
“In this root sense, ignorance is an act of will, a choice that one makes over and over again, especially when information… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued more--also because the status quo depends on it; but love… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way -… — James Alexander Thom Copy Share Image
The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is one of the best defense available. Distraction is a remedy.” — Maulik Doshi Copy Share Image
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Again, in our enterprises we present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation, each carried to its highest point, and both united… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“The foundation of this world is indeed knowledge (gnan). It is on the basis of knowledge that living beings function! Is it… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“To clash is only our own ignorance. There is no such thing as ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in God’s eyes. According to God,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested in perpetuating its ignorance and fears?… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, let me say this. It's ignorance. We have been lead as the hip hop generation. We have been once again lead… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. — Anthony J. D'Angelo Copy Share Image
“And just like that, as if I hadn't said anything at all, the ladies sprang into a conversation about the sinful nature… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
Yes I know my enemies. They're the teachers who taught me to fight me, compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the… — Zack de la Rocha Copy Share Image
If I can avoid the mirror when I brush my teeth in the morning, I will. I find security and safety in… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
...one should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“He drew from under the table a sheet of strangely scented yellow-Chinese paper, the brushes, and slab of India ink. In cleanest,… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
“At the heart of this story, I think, is a simple, abiding belief: it is possible to live wisely on the land,… — Barry López Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
