Ignorance Quotes

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Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. — Plato
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they… — Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. — Plato
The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Power helpeth our infirmity in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Life ends our deadness in… — Leonard Ravenhill
This is something I consider Enlightenment to be - and that is to give intellectual or spiritual understanding and to be free of ignorance, false… — Jane Seymour
Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it. — Publilius Syrus
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth… — Akhenaton
In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena. — Dalai Lama
Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God. — Yasmin Mogahed
In ignorance I am something; in understanding I am nothing, in love I am everything. — Rupert Spira
Ignorance may find a truth on its doorstep that erudition vainly seeks in the stars. — George Iles
Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way… — Gautama Buddha
There is but one evil, ignorance. — Socrates
The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking we may learn & know… — Xenophanes
Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge ... — Socrates
People who think they know what is going to happen next are fools. Surprises - or what the brilliant author Nassim Taleb calls 'Black Swans'… — Martin Wolf
An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding. — Gautama Buddha
Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that… — Plato
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all. — Plato
More and more people are beginning to feel that there must be another way of thinking, perceiving, and acting. And perhaps the beginning of another… — Gerald Jampolsky
Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy. — Plato
Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do… — Socrates
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. — Socrates
The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure. — Gautama Buddha

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