Ignorance

"He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance."

"He declared that he knew nothing, except the fact of his ignorance."

"Strange, that ignorance should be our best happiness in this life, and yet be the one we are ever striving to destroy!"

"Ignorance, far more than idleness, is the mother of all the vices; and how recent has been the admission, that knowledge should be the portion of all? The destinies of the future lie in judicious education; an education that must be universal, to be beneficial."

"Never was there a greater need for the diffusion of knowledge, for in the present ignorance of men there is a very real and imminent danger. We have in the immediate future the possibility of serious struggle; we have all the elements of a possible social upheaval, and we have no religion with sufficient hold upon the people to check what may develop into a wild and dangerous movement. As yet philosophy is the study of the very few only, and the science which has done so much for us, and has achieved so many triumphs, cannot stay the danger which threatens us. The only thing that can prevent it is the diffusion of knowledge, so that men shall understand what is really best for them and shall realize that nothing can ever be good for one which is against the interests of the whole. p. 333"

"The denser the ignorance, the more enlightened it thinks itself to be."

"Bring your ignorance to the Holy Spirit, the great teacher, who by His precious truth will lead you into all truth."

"There are three degrees of comparison: stupido, stupidissimo, and tenore."

"To be ignorant of one's own ignorance is to be in an unprogressive, uninspired state of existence."

"It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't."

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

"Are you of the stiff, the dry, Cursing the not understood;"

"Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng."

"The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one walking in the night."

"All wisdom is folly that does not accommodate itself to the common ignorance."

"Knowledge and truth may be in us without judgment, and judgment also without them; but the confession of ignorance is one of the finest and surest testimonies of judgment that I know."

"You can see how even the morals of a nation change. Hence, ignorance reacts to the pressure of the atmosphere. One must observe that ignorance clearly affirms the foundations of darkness. One can imagine how easily the undeveloped brain deteriorates when the heart is silent. The morals of the peoples droop like a withered apple tree."

"Not to know is bad; not to strive to know is worse."

"Ignorance always carries a price tag."

"IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"

"People who don't know any better will always be in the dark because the power lies in the hands of men who take good care that ordinary folk don't understand, in the hands, that is, of the government, of the clerical party, of the capitalists."

"In our infinite ignorance we are all equal."

"From ignorance our comfort flows. The only wretched are the wise."

"We seem to know a lot about knowledge. What is remarkable, though, is how little we know about ignorance."

"We live in a golden age of ignorance, and Trump and Brexit are part of that."

"Scientia non habet inimicum nisi ignorantem"

"Ignorance is death. A closed mind is a catafalque."

"If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face."

"The words of Lord Buddha that "ignorance is the greatest crime because it brings all miseries to humanity" should be, by now, assimilated by the consciousness of people. Until the leaders of the countries possess brilliant intellects and especially a spiritual synthesis, which helps to embrace all the planes of existence, there will be no real progress."

"Everybody is ignorant only on different subjects."

"Ignorance cannot lead to evil, misconceptions lead to evil. It is not what people do know, it’s what they pretend they do."

"Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education."

"So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!"

"It is my own peculiarity that I cannot bear ignorance, nor the ignorance of ignoramuses, and even less the ignorance of the informed. Therefore, I decided long ago to converse with the reader on this matter, and to construct before his very eyes—and in his face, if necessary—a different, new reader, one constructed according to my own ideas."

"Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with riches. The poor man is restrained by poverty and need: labour occupies his thoughts, and takes the place of knowledge. But rich men who are ignorant live for their lusts only, and are like the beasts of the field, as may be seen every day; and they can also be reproached for not having used wealth and leisure for that which gives them their greatest value."

"O thou monster, Ignorance, how deformed dost thou look!"

"The common curse of mankind,—folly and ignorance."

"One who intends to understand grasps even the slightest hint, but the one who has no intention to understand never comprehends, no matter how loudly you shout."

"Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!"

"Madam, thou errest: I say, there is no darkness, but ignorance; in which thou art more puzzled, than the Egyptians in their fog."

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"If one neglects the laws of learning, a sentence is imposed that he is forever chained to his ignorance."

"Ignorant men Don't know what good they hold in their hands until They've flung it away."

"Ignorantia non est argumentum."

"There's nothing as safe as ignorance — or as dangerous."

"Ignoramuses are numerous in the palace."

"Ignorance is the mother of devotion."

"Blind and naked Ignorance Delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, On all things all day long."

"We struggle onward, ignorant and blind,"

"How can he remember well his ignorance—which his growth requires—who has so often to use his knowledge?"