Quotes About Ignorance

But we rarely see what we prefer to overlook.

4. To cite one well-known example of this ignorance of Jewish customs: Mark 7:3 indicates that the Pharisees "and all the Jews" washed their hands before eating, so as to observe "the tradition of the elders." This is not true: most Jews did not engage in this ritual. If Mark had been a Jew, or even a gentile living in Palestine, he certainly would have known this.

And so we have two contrasting portrayals of Paul's view of the pagans and their worship of idols. Do they worship idols out of ignorance? The "Paul" of Acts says yes, Paul in his own writings says no. Does God overlook what they've done? Acts says yes, Paul says no. Are they responsible for their idolatrous activities? Acts says no, Paul says yes. Does God inflict his wrathful judgment on them in the present as a result? Acts says no, Paul says yes.

The best-educated doctor in the world is standing on a low island in the middle of a sea of ignorance.

A person sometimes believes she's seen all the way to the bottom of the well of human stupidity, and a reminder that that well apparently has no bottom is sometimes useful.

Jesus, sometimes I can't believe how dumb people can be. They ought to make it a law that you have to get a license, or at least a learner's permit, before you're allowed to talk. Until you pass your Talker's Test, you should have to be a mute. It would solve a lot of problems.

Pretending that the world's religions are the same does not make our world safer. Like all forms of ignorance, it makes our world more dangerous. What we need on this furiously religious planet is a realistic view of where religious rivals clash and where they can cooperate.

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.

The person who doesn't read is no better off than the person who can't read.

If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. Thoreau taught, "How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?

If you don't let a teacher know at what level you are—by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance—you will not learn or grow. You cannot pretend for long, for you will eventually be found out. Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. Thoreau taught, "How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?

If you don't let a teacher know at what level you are—by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance—you will not learn or grow.

the person who doesn't read is no better off than the person who can't read

How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?" —Henry David Thoreau

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. Thoreau taught, "How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?" I

How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?

So ignorance increases ignorance, and knowledge

Sometimes ignorance is the only kind of bravery or at least willingness that does any good.

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge. Enrico Fermi

Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance.

To think that America could exist independent of what was happening around the globe, no matter how far away or how remote things might appear, bordered on idiocy.

Hate still exists. Bigotry can be manipulated. The masses are gullible.

There is no one else like knowledge, and no poverty like ignorance. – Buddha