Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not. — Frank Zappa
People are so skillful in their ignorance! — Paramahansa Yogananda
We have nothing to lose by trusting the infinite power of the Self, except the bondage of our own ignorance. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Once they are through the process of education, most people lose the capacity of wondering, of being surprised. They feel they ought to know everything,… — Erich Fromm
There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of… — Samuel Johnson
Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for… — J C Ryle
The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge. — Aldous Huxley
The more we know, the better we realize that our knowledge is a little island in the midst of an ocean of ignorance. — Theodosius Dobzhansky
Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
I feel closer to my country than ever. There is no longer a feeling of lonesome isolation. Instead-peace. I return without fearing prejudice that once… — Paul Robeson
The disclosure of a new fact, the leap forward, the conquest over yesterday's ignorance, is an act not of reason but of imagination, of intuition. — Charles Nicolle
If I had my life to live over again I would not devote it to develop new industrial processes: I would try to add my… — Leo Baekeland
The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free from… — Alfred Kinsey
The absurdly neurotic role you and the rest of your kind have always attributed to me Erato, the Goddess Muse of Erotic Poetry bears no… — John Fowles
Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. But you can't tell the difference when you have no real information. Fear can create even more imaginary… — Barbara Sher
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads… — Gautama Buddha
The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance. — Gautama Buddha
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. — Socrates
William Henry Flower the Anglican too praised evolution as a cleansing solvent, dissolving the dross which had 'encrusted' Christianity 'in the days of ignorance and… — Adrian Desmond
Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he… — Socrates
Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to… — Gautama Buddha
I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now,… — Gautama Buddha
It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering… — Gautama Buddha
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune. — Plato
A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what… — Gautama Buddha

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