Quotes about ignorance
ignorance men civilization
Every mob, in its ignorance and blindness and bewilderment, is a League of Frightened Men that seeks reassurance in collective action.
ignorance states apostasy
A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance. Matthew Henry
ignorance discovery bored
A true scientist is bored by knowledge; it is the assault on ignorance that motivates him - the mysteries that previous discoveries have revealed. Matt Ridley
ignorance people forgiving
When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better. Maya Angelou
ignorance littles prejudice
It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
ignorance being-alone thinking
We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
ignorance humans human-beings
No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.
ignorance thinking people
It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back.
ignorance mean fifty
Fifty per cent of the public doesn't know what 'fifty per cent' means. Patricia Hewitt
ignorance knows
Know not what you know, and see not what you see. [Lat., Etiam illud quod scies nesciveris; Ne videris quod videris.] Plautus
ignorance past men
We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most. Plato
ignorance roots evil
Ignorance: the root of all evil.
ignorance curiosity ridiculous
To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.
ignorance skills judging
And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.
ignorance roots causes
Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.
ignorance my-own knows
All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance
ignorance soul sickness
Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul
ignorance determined kind
Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion. Philip Wylie
ignorance oblivion bliss
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.
ignorance ignorant citizens
Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: public ignorance isn't peculiar to science. It's sad if some citizens can't tell a proton from a protein. But it's equally sad if they're ignorant of their nation's history, can't speak a second language, or can't find Venezuela or Syria on a map. Martin Rees
ignorance men mustache
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. Laini Taylor
ignorance reality rights
We must go beyond the arrogance of human rights. We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights. We must step into the reality of natural rights because all of the natural world has a right to existence and we are only a small part of it. There can be no trade-off. John Trudell
ignorance men law
Ignorance of the law excuses no man. John Selden
ignorance men law
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.
ignorance biblical two
Papal infallibility and biblical inerrancy are the two ecclesiastical versions of this human idolatry. Both papal infallibility and biblical inerrancy require widespread and unchallenged ignorance to sustain their claims to power. Both are doomed as viable alternatives for the long- range future of anyone. John Shelby Spong
ignorance blessing choices
Every time you make a choice that expresses respect for life, you bring a little more love in your body, into your family, into our society, and into a world that is calling out for this blessing. John Robbins
ignorance justice principles
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. John Rawls
ignorance together population
Nothing will divide this nation more than ignorance, and nothing can bring us together better than an educated population. John Sculley
ignorance erasmus matter
from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence. Martin Luther
ignorance progress world
He who wholly renounces himself, and relies not on mere human reason, will make good progress in the Scriptures; but the world comprehends them not, from ignorance of that mortification which is the gift of God's word.
ignorance mean class
The salient feature of America in the Age of Obama is a failed government class institutionally committed to living beyond its means, and a citizenry too many of whom are content to string along. Mark Steyn
ignorance errors
Error is worse than ignorance. Philip James Bailey
ignorance conspiracy
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance. Penn Jillette