Quotes About Ignorance

According to a charming law of nature which is evident even in the most sophisticated societies, we live in complete ignorance of whatever we love.

Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or told their use.

Human values are born with man. They are not got from outside. Man in his ignorance is not aware of these values. when man sheds his ignorance, he will experience his divine nature.

Our posterity will wonder about our ignorance of things so plain.

I know my soul hath power to know all things, Yet is she blind and ignorant in all: I know I'm one of Nature's little kings, Yet to the least and vilest things am thrall.

There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep.

An individual cannot be considered entirely sane if he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains primitive semantic reactions.

An individual cannot be considered entirely sane of he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains primitive semantic reactions.

Nature indeed plants the seeds of religion--fear and ignorance kingcraft and priestcraft water and tend it.

If bees die, people will die. Only ignorance never dies! ("Why step out of nature ?")

A great paradox which should God make us understand, we will weep, laugh, wonder and ponder is the paradox of human ignorance

If you think everybody hates you, then your ignorance is beyond the limit, because there's a loving heart somewhere longing to see your face.

It is only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves.

Everyone gets forgotten because of Alzheimer's, ignored because of ignorance about oneself and replaced because of trying to stay in the same place.

I am not a snob, because I know opulence doesn't stamp out ignorance and unhappiness.

Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.

It reminds me that we are born innocent but ignorant, and that to remedy the second of these conditions we inevitably surrender the first.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign. It does not flourish where there is ignorance and a lack of education and information.

Blessed is the one who has arrived at infinite ignorance.

I'm always so glad I have no idea what you're vacantly chatting about," said Jace. It fills me with a sense of peace and well-being.

We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

If a wicked man seems to have peace at death, it is not from the knowledge of his happiness, but from the ignorance of his danger.