I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it… — William Golding Copy Share Image
God is by definition the holder of all possible knowledge, it would be impossible for him to have faith in anything. Faith,… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize... They were pursuing science… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If we lift ourselves out of spiritual ignorance, we can find ourselves as a new creature spawned in and from FREE WILL… — Marv Stark Copy Share Image
The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“In other words, scientists don't concentrate on what they know, which is considerable but also miniscule, but rather on what they don't… — Stuart Firestein Copy Share Image
“ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist. People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Despite popular theories, I believe people fall in love based not on good looks or fate but on knowledge. Either they are… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
“I am ignorant of how I was formed and how I was born. Through a quarter of my lifetime I was absolutely… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every intellectual revolution which has ever stirred humanity into greatness has been a passionate protest against inert ideas. Then, alas, with pathetic… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“ In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in such parts of it… — Ethan Allen Copy Share Image
A knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
My heart goes out to the families of innocent children who were killed today in Pakistan!! I do not accept a world… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The herd of mankind can hardly be said to think; their notions are almost all adoptive; and, in general, I believe it… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The subject matter covered in Carmina stays pretty basic: love, lust, the pleasures of drinking and the heightened moods evoked by springtime.… — Carl Orff Copy Share Image
God is no captious sophister, eager to trip us up whenever we say amiss, but a courteous tutor, ready to amend what,… — Richard Hooker Copy Share Image
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
To know what you like is the beginning of wisdom and of old age. Youth is wholly experimental. The essence and charm… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Information and ignorance are like light and darkness... When light comes into your room, darkness must fly away. When information rules your… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Suffering can be traced back to the mind, with fundamental ignorance at its root. Therefore, ultimately, the best way to help others… — Comcast NBCUniversal Copy Share Image
This other war, the war upon destruction of natural assets is one that will never be finished. Our weakness in this vast… — Louis Bromfield Copy Share Image
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The notion that better engineering can solve all our problems is rooted in an ignorance of non-linear systems and selective/wishful thinking. — Charles Hugh Smith Copy Share Image
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Even the best-natured people, if uninstructed, are always blind and uncertain. We must take pains to instruct ourselves so that ignorance makes… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
“It is never a good idea to do anything if you do not understand the process, asking questions does not represent ignorance,… — Anath Lee Wales Copy Share Image
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
The seeker says, "I do not know." That takes honesty. The master says, "I do not know." That takes a mystic's mind… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Ignorance, intolerance, egotism, self-assertion, opaque perception, dense and pitiful chuckle headedness - and an almost pathetic unconsciousness of it all, that is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There are many aspects of the universe that still cannot be explained satisfactorily by science; but ignorance implies only ignorance that may… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Millions cheer the warrior spilling blood across the ring while the one who stands for peace is ridiculed and shamed. Must hearts… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“This complete ignorance of the realities, this innocent view of mankind, is what, in my opinion, constitutes the truly aristocratic. For” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The only way to gain knowledge is by observing yours and others experiences. With that knowledge you can either take it to… — Jasari Music Copy Share Image
Not only do I disbelieve in the need for compensation, but I believe that the seeking for rewards and punishments out of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence… — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
