Quotes about Naivety
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
— Proverbs 7:7
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
— Proverbs 9:16
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
— Romans 16:18
They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.
— Paulo Coelho
The idiot is indeed the good man, but only because he doesn't know any better.
— William Saroyan
You can be sincere and still be stupid.
— Charles Kettering
Marvelous are the innocent.
— Virginia Woolf
Innocence is a kind of insanity
— Graham Greene
The more naive your life the more frightening your dreams. Your unconscious will keep trying to wake you.
— Cormac McCarthy
What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.
— Epictetus
Songs of Innocence
— Thomas Merton
A blessing she was reckless enough to take for granted, lean on, as though Sweet Home was one... A bigger fool never lived.
— Toni Morrison