ignorance quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"The practice of judging and condemning morally, is the favorite revenge of the intellectually shallow on those who are less so, it is also a kind of indemnity for their being badly endowed by nature, and finally, it is an opportunity for acquiring spirit and BECOMING subtle-- malice spiritualizes."
149
"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."
188
"To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity."
383
"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance."
618
"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."
700
"It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster."
707
"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered."
725
"Prejudices are what fools use for reason."
732
"Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses."
933
"To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes."
953
"One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him."
970
"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."
1060
"Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns."
1094
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."
1191
"Ignorance is the cause of fear."
18
"We can be proud of our abilities, but we must own up to our shortcomings, our ignorances and our mistakes."
267
"For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance."
924