Quotes about ignorance
ignorance men natural-talent
Superficial knowledge ... is hurtful to those who possess true genius; for it necessarily draws them away from their main object, wastes their industry over details and subjects foreign to their needs and natural talent, and lastly does not serve, as they flatter themselves, to prove the breadth of their mind. In all ages there have been men of very moderate intelligence who knew much, and so on the contrary, men of the highest intelligence who knew very little. Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius. Luc de Clapiers
ignorance superficial-knowledge genius
Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
ignorance science admire
Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.
ignorance gossip may
It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance. Nicolas Chamfort
ignorance views appreciate
Misunderstanding are always cause by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view. The best way to dispel ignorance of the doings of others is by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this object in view, it is most important to aid exchange of thoughts intercourse. Nikola Tesla
ignorance evil effort
Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance, what Buddha called 'the greatest evil in the world.' The friction which results from ignorance ... can be reduced only by the spread of knowledge and the unification of the heterogeneous elements of humanity. No effort could be better spent.
ignorance acceptance odds
Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
ignorance knowledge information
Information is bad for knowledge.
ignorance knowledge together
It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one.
ignorance knowledge limits
Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.
ignorance math statistics
Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance. Morris Kline
ignorance average cosmetics
The thing that bugs me is the average woman's complete ignorance of the functional purpose of cosmetics, which is to supplement, not conceal. Montgomery Clift
ignorance people knows
The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings. Mignon McLaughlin
ignorance adrenaline adrenaline-rush
I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance. Johnny Knoxville
ignorance profound wells
To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance. John Ruskin
ignorance responsibility
The plea of ignorance will never take away our responsibilities.
ignorance life success
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. Mark Twain
ignorance love magic
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end Benjamin Disraeli
ignorance errors
Error is worse than ignorance. Philip James Bailey
ignorance conspiracy
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance. Penn Jillette
ignorance grace mercy
Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace... & nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy Max Lucado
ignorance venture sin
We venture to make the assertion that there is but one sin: IGNORANCE, and but one salvation: APPLIED KNOWLEDGE. Max Heindel
ignorance men civilization
Every mob, in its ignorance and blindness and bewilderment, is a League of Frightened Men that seeks reassurance in collective action.
ignorance states apostasy
A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance. Matthew Henry
ignorance discovery bored
A true scientist is bored by knowledge; it is the assault on ignorance that motivates him - the mysteries that previous discoveries have revealed. Matt Ridley
ignorance people forgiving
When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better. Maya Angelou
ignorance littles prejudice
It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
ignorance being-alone thinking
We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
ignorance humans human-beings
No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.
ignorance mma way
Each increment of knowledge imparted in this way is so satisfying-and one's ignorance at every stage so consequential-that the process of learning BJJ can become remarkably addictive. I have never experienced anything quite like it. Sam Harris
ignorance world degrees
Ignorance in this degree, concentrated in both the head and belly of a lumbering superpower, is now a problem for the entire world.
ignorance branches littles
Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance.
ignorance luxury our-world
To speak plainly and truthfully about the state of our world - to say, for instance, that the Bible and the Koran both contain mountains of life-destroying gibberish - is antithetical to tolerance as moderates currently conceive it. But we can no longer afford the luxury of such political correctness. We must finally recognize the price we are paying to maintain the iconography of our ignorance.