Quotes About Ignorance

A man is responsible for his ignorance.

In that etymological light nostalgia seems something like the pain of ignorance, of not knowing. You are far away, and I don't know what has become of you. My country is far away, and I don't know what is happening there.

But, he said to himself, whether they knew or didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

Even though the sewer pipelines reach far into our houses with their tentacles, they are carefully hidden from view and we are happily ignorant of the invisible Venice of shit underlying our bathrooms, bedrooms, dance halls, and parliaments.

Nostalgia seems something like the pain of ignorance, of not knowing. You are far away, and I don't know what has become of you. My country is far away, and I don't know what is happening there.

In a society run by terror, no statements whatsoever can be taken seriously. They are all forced, and it is the duty of every honest man to ignore them.

whether they knew of didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. (...) by beating himself on the chest and proclaiming, My conscience is clear! I did not know! I was a believer! Isn't his I did not know I was a believer! at the very root of his irreparable guilt?

punishing people who don't know what they've done is barbaric forgive them for know not what they do

Y llegó a la conclusión de que la cuestión fundamental no es: ¿sabían o no sabían? sino: ¿es inocente un hombre cuando no sabe?, ¿un idiota que ocupa el trono está libre de toda culpa sólo por ser idiota?

Se un uomo fosse responsabile solo di ciò di cui è cosciente, gli idioti sarebbero assolti da in anticipo da qualsiasi colpa

Los tubos de la canalización, aunque llegan con sus tentáculos hasta nuestras casas, están cuidadosamente ocultos a nuestra vista y nosotros no sabemos nada de la invisible Venecia de mierda sobre la cual están edificados nuestros cuartos de baño, habitaciones, salas de baile y parlamentos.

the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

A long time ago, man would listen in amazement to the sound of regular beats in his chest, never suspecting what they were.

Whether they knew or didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool in the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

Si las personas solo fueran responsables de lo que hacen conscientemente, los idiotas estarían de antemano libres de cualquier culpa. Lo que pasa querido Flajsman, es que las personas tienen la obligación de saber. Las personas son responsables de su ignorancia. La ignorancia es culpable

Se un uomo fosse responsabile solo di ciò di cui è cosciente, gli idioti sarebbero assolti in anticipo da qualsiasi colpa.

As as result of your not knowing, this country has lost its freedom, lost it for centuries, perhaps, and you shout that you feel no guilt? How can you stant the sight of what you've done? How is it you aren't horrified? Have you no eyes to see? If you had eyes, you would have to put them out and wander away from Thebes!

whether they knew or didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

Y llegó a la conclusión de que la cuestión fundamental no es: ¿sabían o no sabían?, sino: ¿es inocente el hombre cuando no sabe?, ¿un idiota que ocupa el trono está libre de toda culpa sólo por ser idiota?

Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the non-thought of received ideas.

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.

Now that I'm in love, I haven't a clue. Now that I'm in love, I'm completely stupid on the subject.

Love, thine is the future. Death, I use thee, but I hate thee. Citizens, there shall be in the future neither darkness nor thunderbolts; neither ferocious ignorance nor blood for blood.

Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends.