Belief Quote by William Golding

I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.

— Molly Ivins

Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.

— Josh Billings

For a man’s life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future…

— Anatole France

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong

— Thomas Jefferson

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

— Enrico Fermi

Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be…

— Jose Rizal

It is rare to find a man who believes in his own thoughts or speaks that which he is created to say. As nothing…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire to find…

— George Henry Lewes

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

— Francis Bacon

It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals…

— James Smithson

Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatical.

— Jean de la Bruyere

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