Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not acquired the 'mind… — Symeon the New Theologian
To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who… — Laozi
The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of nature. — Baron d'Holbach
Most books are about aspects of human knowledge - Few people write books about human ignorance, despite the fact that there would be much more… — Piero Scaruffi
If we deny our awesome challenge; turn our backs on the living universe, and forsake our cosmic destiny, we will commit a crime of unutterable… — Marshall Savage
A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption. — Thomas Jefferson
Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates to maintain these… — Oliver Ellsworth
Ignorance: the root of all evil. — Plato
I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says; to be curious about that which is not my concern, while I am still in… — Socrates
The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance. — Bertrand Russell
The length of sky is just about the size of my ignorance. Pure and wide. — Louise Erdrich
Libraries can be of indispensable service in lifting the dead weight of poverty and ignorance. — Francis Keppel
That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents. — Barbara Mertz
Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone's illiterate, but you wouldn't really call that privacy. That's… — Bruce Sterling
Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others. — Johann Gottfried Herder
I'm against ignorance. — Herman Kahn
I don't think you can ever regain your ignorance. — Carla Bley
Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to… — Randa Abdel-Fattah
To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance in increasingly larger regions of space… — Hannes Alfven
Ignorance is kind of bliss. — Jackie DeShannon
Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially… — Thomas Jefferson
Contrary to what you may think, an immoral act of any kind will only lower your self-esteem. Be true to yourselves, and your respect for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions that… — Kim Harrison
I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of… — Edward Irving
Ignorance is my least favorite thing. I really think it's at the core of all our problems. — Naomi Judd

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