Quotes About Ignorance

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The average person is allergic to the words of wisdom.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do.

I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

The true Wisdom is in recognizing our own ignorance.

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

Those who have wisdom have all: Fools with all have nothing.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

You'd be surprised how little I knew even up to yesterday

True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

Wisdom is knowing what you don't know.

When there is a fountain of colours, they add charm to your life. In ignorance, emotions are a bother; in knowledge, the same emotions add colours.. enjoy the day with Wisdom!

In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.

When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.

The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

True wisdom is knowing what you don't know

There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist

To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present.