Quotes About Ignorance

We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.

An ignorant society is a safe society.

Rancid was poor. He didn't seem to know that he was poor, however, and I never had the heart to tell him, because he was the happiest person I'd ever met. If he had known he was poor, of course, then he would have been sad and miserable all the time. As it was, Rancid was able to live out his whole life in blissful ignorance of the fact that he was poor.

He is like a traveler who looks left and right but doesn't think to look behind or above him. Men like that get eaten by cougars.

Existen casualidades, encuentros y coincidencias que se ignorarán siempre…

They want us a bit dumb and a bit afraid. Which for the most part, I think we are.

Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.

Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.

That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt.

It't hard to be wrongfully accused, but it's worse when the people looking down on you are clods who have never read a book or traveled more than twenty miles from the place they were born.

Generalmente, el miedo proviene de la ignorancia. Una vez que supe cuál era el problema, este pasó a ser solo un problema y no algo que temer.

Folk like to pretend they know everything about the world. Rich folk especially. Maps are great for that. [...] You don't have blanks on your map, so the folks who draw them shade in a piece and write, 'The Eld.' You might as well burn a hole right through the map for what good that does.

Vashet," I said. "It occurs to me it would be nice to fight someone whose ability is somewhat closer to my own." Vashet laughed, shaking her head. "That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt.

Once I knew what was bothering me, the greater part of my uneasiness left. Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.

TOWARD THE END OF the summer I accidentally overheard a conversation that shook me out of my state of blissful ignorance. When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Generalmente, el miedo proviene de la ignorancia.

but it's worse when the people looking down on you are clods who have never read a book or traveled more than twenty miles from the place they were born.

It's hard to be wrongfully accused, but it's worse when the people looking down on you are clods who have never read a book or traveled more than twenty miles from the place they were born.

Creedme: Esos hombres no saben nada del amor.

Aleshores em vaig adonar que ignorava el nom de l'assignatura de l'Èlodin. Viag fullejar el registre per buscar el nom del mestre i després vaig retrocedir amb el dit cap al lloc on constava el títol de l'assignatura, escrit amb tinta negra i fresca: <>.

Hacia finales del verano, oí, sin proponérmelo, una conversación que me sacó de mi estado de dichosa ignorancia. Cuando somos niños, casi nunca pensamos en el futuro. Esa inocencia nos deja libres para disfrutar como pocos adultos pueden hacerlo. El día que empezamos a preocuparnos por el futuro es el día que dejamos atrás nuestra infancia.

I envied its innocence, its lack of care. Besides, too much sweetness cloys me. As does willful ignorance.

You can only feel so much pity for an idiot".

Why do I need to prove anything to you?" Bast asked. "Why would I care what you think? Be happy in your silly little ignorance. I'm doing you a favor by not telling you the truth.