Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Ignorance Quotes
AcceptanceChangeFearIgnoranceTechnology People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.
DivisionIgnoranceLack of CommunicationRich and PoorSocioeconomic Gap Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
IgnoranceLibertyNeglect I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
CertaintyIgnoranceKnowledgePhilosophy Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.
ConsequenceIgnoranceNaivetyRisk So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.
HumilityIgnoranceLimited KnowledgeMistakeSelf-awareness He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
ArtCommunicationEmotionIgnoranceKnowledge I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
DogmaFalse SecurityIgnoranceSuffering Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of 'I know.' Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.
CareerIdentityIgnorancePassionPlace I could do nothing but Brooklyn shows for the rest of my career, and I could die ignorant.
Human ConditionIgnoranceMysteryReincarnation But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
IgnoranceRejectionWisdom Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
IgnoranceJudgmentMoralityRedemption I think there's many a slaveholder'll get to Heaven. They don't know better. They acts up to the light they have.
AwarenessDeceptionIgnoranceSufferingTruth Wisdom Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!
ConsequenceEducationIgnoranceScience And TechnologyWarning We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
AwarenessIgnoranceKnowledgeSelf ReflectionStrategy If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
CircumstancesHuman NatureIgnoranceJudgmentSurvival Instinct We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think the most evil thing - well, maybe that's too strong - but certainly a very evil thing is judgment, the sin of ignorance.
AwarenessEnvironmentalismIgnoranceResponsibility I mean, people aren't continuing like this and not doing anything because they are evil, or because they don't want to. We aren't destroying the biosphere because we are selfish. We are doing it simply because we are unaware.
CritiqueIgnoranceLoyaltyPatriotism Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
ConsequenceHuman NatureIgnoranceUnderstandingWisdom The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
CertaintyDoubtIgnoranceWisdom The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
IgnoranceMisguided LearningSuperficiality The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.
AwarenessConsequenceEnvironmental IssuesGlobal WarmingIgnorance People are unaware of what is going on. When I talk to people, they know the basics, they know the planet is warming because of greenhouse gases... but they don't know the actual consequence of that.
ConfidenceIgnoranceSuccess All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
