Quotes about ignorance
ignorance simple civilization
The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization. Alexis de Tocqueville
ignorance hands evil
She sits before me, sullen but hopeful, characterless, about to dissolve into tears. I squeeze her hand back, moved, no, touched by her ignorance of evil. She has one more test to pass. Do you own a briefcase?” I ask her, swallowing. Bret Easton Ellis
ignorance states
Ignorance is more costly to any State than education. Booker T. Washington
ignorance men ignorant
Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always know nothing of it.
ignorance clouds selfishness
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
ignorance engaging
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom. Bodhidharma
ignorance men blood
I have known a great many men who have left this Church for whom there is no chance whatever for exaltation, but if their blood had been spilled, it would have been better for them. The wickedness and ignorance of the nations forbid this principle's being in full force, but the time will come when the law of God will be in full force. Brigham Young
ignorance subjects
Ignorance breeds fear; the more you learn about your subject, the less fear it holds for you. Brian Tracy
ignorance circles drawing
So long as we continued to attach more importance to our own narrow group membership than to the 'global village' we would propagate prejudice and ignorance. There was absolutely no harm in being part of a small group - indeed, with our hunter-gatherer band mentality it gave comfort, provided us with an inner circle of friends who could be utterly trusted, who were absolutely reliable. It helped give us peace of mind. The danger came only from drawing that sharp line, digging that ditch, laying that minefield, between our own group and any other group that thought differently. Jane Goodall
ignorance math defense
The best defense against logic is ignorance. Blaise Pascal
ignorance men thinking
Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.
ignorance knowledge desire
Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our true state; this is what makes us incapable of certain knowledge and of absolute ignorance... This is our natural condition, and yet most contrary to our inclination; we burn with desire to find solid ground and an ultimate sure foundation whereon to build a tower reaching to the Infinite. But our whole groundwork cracks, and the earth opens to abysses.
ignorance vanity causes
The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
ignorance bliss blisters
If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister
ignorance knowledge men
The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state.
ignorance thinking want
I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think it helps you out. Billy Bob Thornton
ignorance america film
Given the unprecedented ignorance of the Bible in contemporary America, it is likely that more young Americans will only know the Noah of 'Noah.' We can only hope that the film offers even a fraction of the wisdom of the original. Dennis Prager
ignorance people china
Even if they're functioning out of ignorance, they are still participating and must be suppressed. In China, even one million people can be considered a small sum. Deng Xiaoping
ignorance prejudice
Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice. Denis Diderot
ignorance government people
It seems to me that if one had kept silence up to now regarding religion, people would still be submerged in the most grotesque and dangerous superstition ... regarding government, we would still be groaning under the bonds of feudal government ... regarding morals, we would still be having to learn what is virtue and what is vice. To forbid all these discussions, the only ones worthy of occupying a good mind, is to perpetuate the reign of ignorance and barbarism.
ignorance sleep night
Ignorance isn't bliss, but sometimes ignorance makes it possible for us to sleep at night. Dean Koontz
ignorance self law
Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law -- for knowledge of self and of the world is the law that, even though unattainable, cannot be broken, and no one can excuse himself by saying that he doesn't know it. . . . The renewed originality of the sin is this: I have to carry out my unknowing, I shall be sinning originally against life. Clarice Lispector
ignorance people dying
It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance. Elizabeth Taylor
ignorance simple names
Simple ignorance has in its time been complimented by the names of most of the vices, and of all the virtues. Arthur Helps
ignorance foolishness
The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.
ignorance responsibility views
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people. Arlo Guthrie
ignorance learning fire
Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return. Bayard Taylor
ignorance years ideas
The only truly new ideas [the right] has come up with in the last twenty years are (1) supply side economics, which is a way of redistributing the wealth upward toward those who already have more than they know what to do with, and (2) creationism, which is a parallel idea for redistributing ignorance out from its fundamentalist strongholds to those who know more than they need to. Barbara Ehrenreich
ignorance worry half
Worry is half impatience and half ignorance.
ignorance exhibits
To admit ignorance is to exhibit wisdom. Ashley Montagu
ignorance loss roaring
Speculators often prosper through ignorance; it is a cliché that in a roaring bull market knowledge is superfluous and experience is a handicap. But the typical experience of the speculator is one of temporary profit and ultimate loss Benjamin Graham
ignorance home privacy
Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone's illiterate, but you wouldn't really call that privacy. That's ignorance. Bruce Sterling
ignorance data levels
The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing.