Ignorance Quote by John Archibald Wheeler

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

— John Archibald Wheeler

“As the island of Knowledge grows, so do the shores of our ignorance –the boundary between the known and the unknown. Learning more about…

— Marcelo Gleiser

The more we know, the better we realize that our knowledge is a little island in the midst of an ocean of ignorance.

— Theodosius Dobzhansky

“What we have now is but a bare remnant, an age of vast information, but spread thin like a superficial crust passing as knowledge.…

— David Grant Urban

“What is most of our boasted so-called knowledge but a conceit that we know something, which robs us of the advantage of our actual…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.”

— Thomas Paine

“Not ignorance but ignorance of ignorance is death of knowledge.”

— Northwhite

“Shall we educate ourselves in what is known, and then casting away all we have acquired, turn to ignorance for aid to guide us…

— Michael Faraday

“Only a fool chooses to live in ignorance when knowledge is so easily obtained.”

— Jeaniene Frost

“Ignorance is the root of many ills. Knowledge must be the fundamental ally of nations that aspire, despite all their tragedies and problems, to…

— Fidel Castro

“..the pursuit of knowledge is never for naught. Each line drawn on a map gets us closer to understanding the world and our place…

— James Rollins