Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued more--also because the status quo depends on it; but love depends on self-knowledge… — Andrea Dworkin
Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with ignorance... — William Blake
What struck me whenever I visited a farm was how much more sophisticated was the life the animals were capable of living than was assumed… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Keen intelligence is two-edged, It may be used constructively or destructively like a knife, either to cut the boil of ignorance, or to decapitate one's… — Sri Yukteswar Giri
Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still… — Hyman Rickover
There are only two energies at the core of the human experience: love and fear. Love grants freedom, fear takes it away. Love invites full… — Neale Donald Walsch
We've tried ignorance for a thousand years. It's time we try education. — Joycelyn Elders
There are, and always have been, destructive pseudo-scientific notions linked to race and religion; these are the most widespread and damaging. Hopefully, educated people can… — Martin Gardner
When mankind was in its infancy, steeped in uncertainty, ignorance, and error, was it possible to foresee what system it would adopt for preservation. — Simon Bolivar
All problems in life arise from some weakness of mind. All weakness of mind is due to the mind's ignorance of its own essential nature,… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil. — Mary Daly
When it comes to impending, unavoidable extinction, ignorance is bliss. — Darren Shan
The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of… — Tim Wise
The Holy Bible. Promoting ignorance and superstition for nearly 2000 years. — Robert M. Price
Chaos is but unperceived order; it is a word indicating the limitations of the human mind and the paucity of observational facts. The words ‘chaos,’… — Harlow Shapley
In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses,… — Tacitus
The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a popular American pastime. — Peter Lynch
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part… — Denis Waitley
Let your desire for truth transcend all minor considerations. Ignorance is invariably confident. The man of knowledge learns to realize his own needs. Be honest… — Grenville Kleiser
Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance. — Unknown Author
Read widely of others' experiences, even if it'd be more comfortable to snuggle back in the comforting cotton-wool of blissful ignorance. — Sylvia Plath
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from… — Jean de la Bruyere
Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come to see a new… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Do not take the yardstick of your ignorance to measure what the ancients knew, and call everything which you do not know lies. Do not… — Wendell Phillips

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