Quotes about ignorance
ignorance firsts acquiring-knowledge
Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge ... Socrates
ignorance true-wisdom recognizing
The true Wisdom is in recognizing our own ignorance.
ignorance certainty knows
I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.
ignorance way healed
The bad one is that way because of the ignorance, therefore he can be healed with wisdom.
ignorance evil said
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance.
ignorance humility men
Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.
ignorance evil religion
There is but one evil, ignorance.
ignorance knowing-nothing facts
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
ignorance two soul
There are two kinds of disease of the soul, vice and ignorance.
ignorance awareness
Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.
ignorance prejudice inexperience
Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you. Mercedes Lackey
ignorance stupidity darkness
My mum taught me how to read before I went to kindergarden, I always thought that being able to read provided lightness, help to dispel darkness, ignorance and stupidity. Michael Moore
ignorance justice lust
Freemasonry teaches not merely temperance, fortitude, prudence, justice, brotherly love, relief, and truth, but liberty, equality, and fraternity, and it denounces ignorance, superstition, bigotry, lust tyranny and despotism. Theodore Roosevelt
ignorance order
In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance. Theodore Dreiser
ignorance voice half
Granny sighed. "You have learned something," she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. Terry Pratchett
ignorance bliss neighbor
Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper. Kin Hubbard
ignorance people stupidity
He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence. Michael Lewis
ignorance america people
In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage. Michael Steinhardt
ignorance views claims
Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the best-known ones. Every religion at its core is exclusive. Ravi Zacharias
ignorance commitment heart
All religions are not the same. All religions do not point to God. All religions do not say that all religions are the same. At the heart of every religion is an uncompromising commitment to a particular way of defining who God is or is not and accordingly, of defining life's purpose. Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the best-known ones. Every religion at its core is exclusive.
ignorance people world
But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last. Ray Bradbury
ignorance ifs
If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.
ignorance hair speak-english
Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control. Randa Abdel-Fattah
ignorance vanity stupidity
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity. Eric Hoffer
ignorance dominion absurdity
Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity. James Anthony Froude
ignorance feet racism
Weakness is what brings ignorance, cheapness, racism, homophobia, desperation, cruelty, brutality, all these things that will keep a society chained to the ground, one foot nailed to the floor. Henry Rollins
ignorance reflection men
Very often pessimistic people speak against their own desire. They want to undertake some work, and they say, 'I will do this, but I don't think I shall succeed in it.' Thus they hinder themselves in their path. Man does not know that every thought makes an impression on the consciousness and on the rhythm with which the consciousness is working. According to that rhythm that reflection will come true and happen; and a man proves to be his own enemy by his ignorance of these things. Hazrat Inayat Khan
ignorance lack-of-love
All ignorance is the lack of love.
ignorance science prejudice
A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice. Hendrik Willem Van Loon
ignorance ignorant facts
An ignorant person is, by the very fact of his or her ignorance, a very dangerous person.
ignorance thinking precious-possessions
Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.
ignorance learning doe
Ignorance may be bliss, but it does not lead to liberation. Henepola Gunaratana
ignorance growth remember
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time? Henry David Thoreau