Ignorance Quotes

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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. — Karl Popper
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. — Terry Pratchett
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance. — Robert Quillen
Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids… — Anna Quindlen
I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity. — Gilda Radner
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. — John Rawls
Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. — Bill Richardson
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. — Grantland Rice
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. — Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance. — Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few. — Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds. — Will Rogers
To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance. — John Ruskin
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. — Bertrand Russell
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is… — Bertrand Russell
If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man,… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with… — Carl Sagan
We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and… — Sharon Salzberg
In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our… — Sharon Salzberg
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain. — Friedrich Schiller
When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new… — Margaret Sanger
Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts. — George Santayana
Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it… — Adam Savage
Compassion is the basis of morality. — Arthur Schopenhauer
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger. — Albert Schweitzer

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