Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

There is no supernatural, there is only nature. Nature alone exists and contains all. All is. There is the part of nature that we perceive,… — Victor Hugo
It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence. — James Russell Lowell
The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount,… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Does it mean, if you don't understand something, and the community of physicists don't understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand. — Neil Peart
It was the law that if a white man was caught trying to educate a Negro slave, he was liable to prosecution entailing a fine… — John W. Campbell
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. — Thomas Carlyle
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity. — Eric Hoffer
I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it. — Mark Twain
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self. — Baruch Spinoza
Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge... — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation. — William Hazlitt
It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to grasp… — Eleanor Perenyi
Ignorance is the cause of fear. — Seneca the Younger
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. — Ambrose Bierce
Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be;… — George Eliot
Careful studies of cases dealing with supposed 'mental disorder' have at times revealed that many thought to be insane or warped in some fashion were… — Aberjhani
Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust… — Frank Borman
So long as there are poor, - I am poor, - So long as there are prisons, - I am a prisoner, - So long… — Fulton J. Sheen
The value of hatred and ignorance is found in the fact that without them we could never truly appreciate wisdom and love. — Wes Fesler
Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is by… — Baron d'Holbach
Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent delight in them… — William Hazlitt
Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase. — Charles Caleb Colton
Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection. — Albert Pike
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you… — Elbert Hubbard

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