Quotes about ignorance
ignorance passion men
And in these four things, opinion of ghosts , ignorance of second causes, devotion towards what men fear , and taking of things casual for prognostics , consisteth the natural seed of religion ; which by reason of the different fancies, judgments and passions of several men, has grown up into ceremonies so different, that those which are used by one man, are for the most part ridiculous to another. Thomas Hobbes
ignorance men law
But if one Subject giveth Counsell to another, to do anything contrary to the Lawes, whether that Counsell proceed from evil intention, or from ignorance onely, it is punishable by the Common-wealth; because igorance of the Law, is no good excuse, where every man is bound to take notice of the Lawes to which he is subject.
ignorance white-privilege america
Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America. Tim Wise
ignorance disease bigotry
Bigotry is the disease of ignorance... Thomas Jefferson
ignorance nigeria-independence nations
No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity
ignorance government self
Ignorance and bigotry, like other insanities, are incapable of self-government.
ignorance government people
To constrain the brute force of the people, the European governments deem it necessary to keep them down by hard labor, poverty and ignorance, and to take from them, as from bees, so much of their earnings, as that unremitting labor shall be necessary to obtain a sufficient surplus to sustain a scanty and miserable life.
ignorance light simplicity
The human mind feels restless and dissatisfied under the anxieties of ignorance. It longs for the repose of conviction; and to gain this repose it will often rather precipitate its conclusions than wait for the tardy lights of observation and experiment. There is such a thing, too, as the love of simplicity and system,--a prejudice of the understanding which disposes it to include all the phenomena of nature under a few sweeping generalities,--an indolence which loves to repose on the beauties of a theory rather than encounter the fatiguing detail of its evidences. Thomas Chalmers
ignorance men knowing
A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
ignorance bliss cases
Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was. Victoria Principal
ignorance writing needs
Ignorance breeds antipathy. Until I got to know how computers worked, I didn't want anything to do with them. I said, 'Well, why do I need them? I write letters.' Which I still do. Viggo Mortensen
ignorance arrogance combination
Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they know nothing about history. Victor Davis Hanson
ignorance mean intelligent
There is no supernatural, there is only nature. Nature alone exists and contains all. All is. There is the part of nature that we perceive, and the part of nature that we do not perceive. ... If you abandon these facts, beware; charlatans will light upon them, also the imbecile. There is no mean: science, or ignorance. If science does not want these facts, ignorance will take them up. You have refused to enlarge human intelligence, you augment human stupidity. When Laplace withdraws Cagliostro appears. Victor Hugo
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.
ignorance ugly produce
It is also true that the less competent a person is in a given domain, the more he will tend to overestimate his abilities. This often produces an ugly marriage of confidence and ignorance that is very difficult to correct for.
ignorance perfect pleasure
No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God. Saint Patrick
ignorance fighting opportunity
I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out. Russell Simmons
ignorance wrath self
Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance Romany Malco
ignorance leader sound
Ignorance, as well as disapproval for the natural restraints placed on market excesses that capitalism and sound markets impose, cause our present leaders to reject capitalism and blame it for all the problems we face. If this fallacy is not corrected and capitalism is even further undermined, the prosperity that the free market generates will be destroyed. Ron Paul
ignorance responsibility knowledgeable
We have a greater responsibility to act than those who live in ignorance. Once you become knowledgeable, you have an obligation to do something about it.
ignorance eye liberty
Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and ignorance as to the true meaning of liberty. It is driven by economic myths, fallacies and irrational good intentions.
ignorance knows
I have my ignorance to thank for the few things I know. Sacha Guitry
ignorance faults
Faults of ignorance are excusable only where the ignorance itself is so
ignorance notorious conversation
Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance. Saadi
ignorance men silence
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
ignorance order over-you
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
ignorance knowing palaces
Ignorance is God's prison. Knowing is God's palace Rumi
ignorance class people
The clergy, no less than the capitalist class, lives on the backs of the people, profits from the degradation, the ignorance and the oppression of the people. Rosa Luxemburg
ignorance leader research
Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better. Ron Reagan
ignorance horizon ifs
If there is something that opens horizons, it is precisely ignorance. Romain Gary