Ignorance Quotes

Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.

Our ignorance of God is too great, because our estimations of God are too little.

All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity.

The sun of truth rises in the human being and illuminates his world when he lifts his mind from the darkness of ignorance and selfishness into the light of wisdom and altruism

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Ignorance breeds fear. If you don't keep that fear in check, that fear will breed hatred. If you don't keep hatred in check it will breed destruction.

Wildlife of the world is disappearing, not because of a malicious and deliberate policy of slaughter and extermination, but simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect.

The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.

Ignorance is a cure for nothing.

The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich.

When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

The things you see are real, but they are not a complete seeing - Samsara.

There are always some areas world history does not reach, zones of silence and undisturbed ignorance.

Beware of ignorance when in motion; look out for inexperience when in action, and beware of the majority when mentally poisoned with misinformation, for collective ignorance does not become wisdom.

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

Don't tell me what I'm doing; I don't want to know.

We live in an age of artificial scarcity, maintained by ignorance and fear.

In practice, socialism didnt work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy.

Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

The great sin of the average Christian is ignorance of the word of God.

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Accept ignorance; pay more attention to the question than the answer; never be afraid to go in the opposite direction.

A person does not show his actions to the creation except due to his ignorance of the Greatness of the Creator.

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

Civilisation has, indeed, become a slaughtering-car crowned by a grinning effigy of Comfort, before which man blindly and voluntarily hurls himself in his own ignorance.

I have not permitted myself to be ignorant of any martial art that exists. Why? Such ignorance is a disgrace to someone who follows the path of the martial arts.

But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.

What makes me angry is closed mindedness, prejudice against those who are different from you, reveling in one's own ignorance.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge

Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

The good Lord set definite limits on man's wisdom, but set no limits on his stupidity.

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

It is what we think we know that keeps us from learning.

Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.

The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.

Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.

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.

Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

So many people shy away from using color in their homes for fear of getting it wrong...But ignorance and fear are no reason to live in a bland box.

My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It s the letter I use to spell yuzz a ma tuzz. You ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around