Best Own Ignorance Quotes

50 Own Ignorance quotes by 44 unique authors

Someone once said that the most important knowledge is knowledge of our own ignorance. Our schools are depriving millions of students of that kind of… — Thomas Sowell
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
Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great. — Frank Zappa
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. — Benjamin Franklin
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. — Will Durant
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. — Thomas Sowell
Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance. — Isaac Watts
If God existed (a question concerning which Jubal maintained a meticulous intellectual neutrality) and if He desired to be worshiped (a proposition which Jubal found… — Robert A. Heinlein
His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few. — Terry Pratchett
For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect… — Rene Descartes
Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time… — John Muir
Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment. — Patrick Rothfuss
I thought you'd gotten over your whoring when you left him, Catherine, but it seems you only postponed it." Bones' face turned to stone, and… — Jeaniene Frost
To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance. — Eliezer Yudkowsky
The historian ought to be the humblest of men; he is faced a dozen times a day with the evidence of his own ignorance; he… — C. V. Wedgwood
The origin of all science is the desire to know causes, and the origin of all false science is the desire to accept false causes… — William Hazlitt
The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he… — Aldous Huxley
My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance. — Ryan White
Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. — Will Durant
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is my greatest frustration...and mostly my own ignorance. — Jordan Blake Michiels
The wise man doubteth often&changeth his mind;the fool is obstinate,and doubteth not;he knoweth all things but his own ignorance Akhenaton — Dr Drew
Vision? What do you know about my vision? My vision would turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions, and send the sanctuary of… — Huey Freeman
Education is a progressive discovery of your own ignorance. — Will Durant
A mentor's role is to help people discover where they are ignorant of their own ignorance. — Orrin Woodward

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