“Ignorance is the root of many ills. Knowledge must be the fundamental ally of nations that aspire, despite all their tragedies and… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“Where does an agnani (non-self-realized person) get happiness from? It is from intoxicated state of happiness (unconsciousness about the reality).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When will the Soul be realized? As long as the wrong understanding of, ‘I am the doer, ’There are things I can… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When it comes to ‘poking the bear,’ the length of my stick will never be long enough to outrun the consequences of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth- He that knew all that ever learning writ,… — Aphra Behn Copy Share Image
“I've demonstrated an impressive resilience in the face of valuable life lessons, and the main thing I seem to have learned from… — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
What Ive found is that difficulties come when you dont pay attention to lifes whisper, because life always whispers to you first.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
One only passes from the darkness of ignorance to the enlightenment of science if one re-reads with ever-increasing love the works of… — Peter of Blois Copy Share Image
One of those flash epiphanies of travel, the realization that worlds you'd love vibrantly exist outside your ignorance of them. The vitality… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
“We are not quite conscious of the reason for our disdain when we refer to the illiterate past as wallowing in ignorance...… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
There are, and always have been, destructive pseudo-scientific notions linked to race and religion; these are the most widespread and damaging. Hopefully,… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
“My brother taught me that there is a difference between being a hater and being ignorant. Being a hater implies you understand… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
“Nothing can illustrate these observations more forcibly, than a recollection of the happy conjuncture of times and circumstances, under which our Republic… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If a [democratic] society displays less brilliance than an aristocracy, there will also be less wretchedness; pleasures will be less outrageous and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The only teaching possible is to show a man how to learn from his own wisdom, and to utilise his ignorance and… — Austin Osman Spare 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
I don't think you see your minds. I think you see your thoughts; you see your desires; you see your relatives, friends,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Among true and real friends, all is common; and were ignorance and envy and superstition banished from the world, all mankind would… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Now, there are two ways to approach a subject that frightens you and makes you feel stupid: you can embrace it with… — Judith Stone Copy Share Image
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
“. . . the mysteries, on belief in which theology would hang the destinies of mankind, are cunningly devised fables whose origin… — Edward Clodd Copy Share Image
I cannot take this anymore, saying everything I've said before. All these words, they make no sense. I find bliss in ignorance.… — Linkin Park Copy Share Image
It is thus that we walk through the world like the blind, not knowing whither we are going, regarding as bad what… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, he wants to reestablish them.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes, Or any searcher know by mortal mind, Veil after veil will lift--but there must be… — Edwin Arnold Copy Share Image
Mr. Jefferson has reason to reflect upon himself. How he will get rid of his remorse in his retirement, I know not.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“On the Kite, the situation was being 'workshopped'. This is the means by which people who don't know anything get together to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Cheapness and ignorance are mutually reinforcing. And it's a short way from not knowing who's at the other end of your food… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
How strangely is antiquity treated! To answer some purposes it is spoken of as the times of darkness and ignorance, and to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Traditional American intellectuals are, in a sense, increasingly reactionary, and quite often proudly (and perversely) ignorant of many of the truly significant… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
I guess ignorance is bliss -- when I do interviews people always say, "Aren't you upset that people make fun of you?"… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
“Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“To "know" is surprising since it merely means that you do know that there is so much that you do not know!… — Anandputra Ananta 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
If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up… — Sherley Anne Williams Copy Share Image
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