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ignorance reason-why consciousness
The reason why the simpler sort are moved by authority is the consciousness of their own ignorance Richard Hooker
ignorance atheism patterns
Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy. Richard Rohr
ignorance might bliss
Ignorance might be bliss, but it's irresponsible and dangerous too. Robyn Carr
ignorance
Ignorance can't be pardoned. Only cured. Robert Silverberg
ignorance knowledge quality
Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is nothing with respect either to honour or advantage, for the world cannot reward those qualities which are concealed from it; with respect to others it is nothing, because it affords no help to ignorance or errour. Samuel Johnson
ignorance self essence
To know what you like is the beginning of wisdom and of old age. Youth is wholly experimental. The essence and charm of that unquiet and delightful epoch is ignorance of self as well as ignorance of life. Robert Louis Stevenson
ignorance democracy rulership
The purpose of democracy - supplanting old belief in the necessary absoluteness of establish'd dynastic rulership, temporal, ecclesiastical, and scholastic, as furnishing the only security against chaos, crime, and ignorance - is, through many transmigrations, and amid endless ridicules, arguments, and ostensible failures Walt Whitman
ignorance opinion bernard-shaw
Concerning no subject would [George Bernard] Shaw be deterred by the minor accident of total ignorance from penning a definitive opinion. Roger Scruton
ignorance moral splendid
...human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their ignorance of the misuse. Robert Wright
skills shame rashness
To be rash is to be bold without shame and without skill. Roger Ascham
skills littles sticks
Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have. Sarah Wayne Callies
skills criticism spleen
There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased: And sure he must have more than mortal Skill, Who please one against his Will. William Congreve
skills ideas impact
Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact. Henry Rollins
skills ideas stories
I lack the skill to hold a story line for the length required for a novel or even a short story. I have never had an idea that could withstand a hundred thousand words, or even ten thousand words of rubber meeting the road.
skills leader inspire
Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess. John C. Maxwell
skills people influence
Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence. James Hunter
skills texas practice
At Texas A&M you learn first to follow, then to develop and practice your leadership skills, and finally you become someone others want to follow. James R. Thompson
skills giving dignity
Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity. Ellen Key
judging
There are so many pianists that play so well. Once they're at that level, the judging is so subjective. Michael Luxner
judging tests sole
The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth. Richard P. Feynman
judging style riding
Everyone has a completely different style of riding and a different style of judging. Travis Pastrana
judging doe appearance
Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does. W. H. Auden
judging incidents trusted
What is truth? Truth doesn't really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that. Tracey Emin
judging attention way
Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it acts in a way analogous to a private person. It purports to be judge of its own interest. Rowan Williams
judging numbers rather teams
I like judging teams on what I see rather than what the numbers say." ()
judging likes mark negative quarter reaction recent room
The first quarter should mark the trough in earnings, but judging by the market's negative reaction to recent warnings from the likes of IBM, there's little room for disappointment. David Thwaites
judging one-day spirituality
That which you condemn will condemn you, and that which you judge, you will one day become. Neale Donald Walsch