Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

Knowledge is a collective enterprise. Without it understanding is impossible. Ignorance is too often a murderous vulnerability. — Jane Rule
A judicious man uses statistics, not to get knowledge, but to save himself from having ignorance foisted upon him. — Thomas Carlyle
All ignorance toboggans into know and trudges up to ignorance again. — E E Cummings
Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action? — Adi Shankara
Credentialed ignorance is still ignorance. — Thomas Sowell
Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his… — Black Elk
Child abuse damages a person for life and that damage is in no way diminished by the ignorance of the perpetrator. It is only with… — Alice Miller
But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of… — Jack Kornfield
The nature of ignorance is to lack deep communication with nature or with the universe. It is to separate, to isolate, to create discrimination and… — Dainin Katagiri
Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. — William Beveridge
The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance. — Thomas Sankara
Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment. — Annie Besant
Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is. — Joanna Russ
There is a kind of laughter that sickens the soul. Laughter when it is out of control: when it screams and stamps its feet, and… — Mervyn Peake
Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to reality — Jeff Buckley
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no… — John Selden
If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice of the world, it’s our job to realize it and get down to… — Steven Pressfield
The Tao belongs neither to knowing nor not knowing. Knowing is false understanding; not knowing is blind ignorance. If you really understand the Tao beyond… — Alan Watts
The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been. — Fidel Castro
Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of wisdom and freedom. — Sakyong Mipham
Never attribute to malice or other deliberate decision what can be explained by human frailty, imperfection, or ignorance. — Harold S. Kushner
The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it. — Unknown Author
Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing. — Warren Buffett
In an honest search for knowledge, you quite often have to abide by ignorance for an indefinite period. — Erwin Schrodinger
Ignorance is never better than knowledge — Enrico Fermi

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