Quotes About Ignorance

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.

American students arrive at college knowing almost nothing about history, literature, art, or philosophy.

Rich, arrogant, lucky, mollycoddled and stupid. That's always people's preconception.

Triste condition de l'homme! il n'y a pas un de ses bounheurs qui ne vienne d'une ignorance quelconque." ??? ??? ???? ?? ??????? ??? ??? ?? ???? ???????? ??? ??? ????? ??? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ??

She was ignorant of love, having never known it, and, like all the other persons grouped about her, she saw nothing in marriage but a means of fortune. Passion was an unknown thing to these Catholic souls, these old people exclusively concerned about salvation, God, the king, and their property.

Such, then, were the men in whose hands lay the welfare of the country. And, it must be confessed, they knew but little and cared still less about the common people for whom they legislated.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.

The most ignorant are the most conceited.

Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England.

He knows everything but he lacks inexperience.

The mark of spiritual maturity is not how much you understand, but how much you use. In the spiritual realm, the opposite of ignorance is not knowledge but obedience.

Qui t'as dit que je ne le savais pas ? -Tu le sais ? -Non.

My schoolfellows were mostly stiff, illiterate lads, who, with a little bad Latin and worse Greek, plumed themselves mightily on their scholarship; and I had little inducement to form any intimacies among them; for, of all men, the ignorant scholar is the least amusing.

As I was sitting in my chair, I knew the bottom wasn't there, Nor legs nor back, but I just sat, Ignoring little things like that.

A profunda ignorância é o que inspira o tom dogmático". La Bruyère

Perceptions employed as a base for building up positive concepts are the origin of all ignorance (avidya);[1] perception that there is nothing to perceive — that is nirvana, also known as deliverance.

Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world, and is of no country and no age. The more we know, the more we feel our ignorance the more we feel how much remains unknown.

We are extremely alarmed by the growing threat of antisemitism in this country. These disgusting hate crimes have been occurring at an increasing frequency and are a threat to the fabric of our society. The Jewish community deserves to celebrate their holidays and live in peace without disturbance from hate-filled individuals. We stand by our Jewish brothers and sisters today and every day as they face increasing ignorance and discrimination.

Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

It's a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those

If you never bothered to to look or see anything much you wouldn't be worrying' "I'd have to be very dumb to be like that" "Then be dumb, see nothing, hear nothing

Sometimes he irritated her so much that she wanted to throw him back to the rain. The way he sat, the way he watched; watched, watched; what? Rain. And his questions, his utter and absolute ignorance.

Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence. This is the equation.