Ignorance Quotes · Page 108

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

— Sophocles

I pity you and your ignorance and stupidity

— Anonymous

Knowledge is not a guarantee of good political behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

— Martha Nussbaum

“You are arrogant", says the stupid that doesn't have arguments to fight back ideas, facts or knowledge he can't accept.”

— Robin Sacredfire

From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.

— Henry David Thoreau

“In an alleged democracy, the image of the public sphere with its appeal to dialogue and shared responsibility has given way to…

— Henry A. Giroux

“The price of ignorance is usually a life of frustration and destruction.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

All problems in life arise from some weakness of mind. All weakness of mind is due to the mind's ignorance of its…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The plea of ignorance will never take away our responsibilities.

— John Ruskin

There have been many poets who have lived at the fifth center of creativity and never gone ahead - many painters, many…

— Rajneesh

Our [Virginia's] act for freedom of religion is extremely applauded. The Ambassadors and ministers of the several nations of Europe resident at…

— Thomas Jefferson

The self has no boundaries except those it accepts out of ignorance

— Seth

I found myself desiring and knowing less and less, until I could say in utter astonishment: "I know nothing, I want nothing."…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“A straight face is an ignorant man’s attempt to appear knowledgeable.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“You have endured so much misery. If you take note of that, even then moha (infatuation due to illusion) will go away.…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Place a weapon in the hands of Greed, hatred, especially of ignorance You've created innocent deaths That wasn't neccasary”

— R.K. Cowles

“Today the most civilized countries of the world spend a maximum of their income on war and a minimum on education. The…

— Nikola Tesla

I don't believe there is one woman within the confines of this state who does not believe in birth control. I never…

— Crystal Eastman

It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.

— Anonymous

The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity.

— Willis R. Whitney

“The proof that most people don’t know how to measure their life by converting time into products is reflected in what they…

— Sunday Adelaja

Mankind has moved away from the heart of the world to the logic of the mind, and their belief is in the…

— Drunvalo Melchizedek

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.

— Cyril Connolly

... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders…

— David Mitchell

... so our customary practice of prayer was brought to mind: how through our ignorance and inexperience in the ways of love…

— Julian of Norwich

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn…

— Jacques Barzun

“I knew, even then, that whenever I nodded along in ignorance, I lost an opportunity, betrayed the wonder in me by privileging…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

When economist William Beveridge dreamed up the postwar welfare state he wanted to fight five 'giant evils' - want, disease, ignorance, squalor…

— Jeremy Kyle

Marriage or non-marriage, good or evil, learning or ignorance, any of these is justified, if it leads to the goal.

— Swami Vivekananda

“To permit ignorance is to empower it.”

— Dan Brown

“It amazes me, every single time, to see so much certainty backed by so much ignorance and neglect on what is being…

— Robin Sacredfire

If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.

— Baron d'Holbach

The ordinary man says in his ignorance, "My religion is the sole religion, my religion is the best." But when his heart…

— Ramakrishna

And just as I begin to believe that all is well, there is some subtle change in the light. The room takes…

— Libba Bray

Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.

— Jane Smiley

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

— Blaise Pascal

I never argued with an ignorant without losing, and I never argued with a scholar without winning !

— Anonymous

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.

— Gary Lucas