Cliffs Quote by Salman Rushdie

According to a charming law of nature which is evident even in the most sophisticated societies, we live in complete ignorance of whatever we…

— Marcel Proust

The term ignorant is indeed perhaps an overstatement, implying as it does that something is known somewhere, whereas in reality we are not even…

— John Ashbery

Ignorance is mere privation by which nothing can be produced: it is a vacuity in which the soul sits motionless and torpid for want…

— Samuel Johnson

All ignorance is the lack of love.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Put simply, people tend to do what they know and fail to do that which they have no conception of. In that way, ignorance…

— Steven Sloman

“Ignorance is not merely a deficiency of knowledge but, in addition, it positively apprehends reality in a distinctive way. And being a distorted mode…

— Stephen Batchelor

The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped for dealing…

— Eric Hoffer

“Being ignorant is truly bliss compared to being misinformed, especially if you’re aware of the depths of your own ignorance. As Mother says, it…

— S.M. Stirling

Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

— Swami Vivekananda

Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is…

— Thomas Paine

The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals; it is diffused in but a very narrow sphere, but within the circle…

— Oliver Goldsmith

While some of us may know than others about certain things, it is the thinnest slice of all that is, or could be known.…

— Charles Osgood