Quotes about Ignorance

In that etymological light nostalgia seems something like the pain of ignorance, of not knowing. You are far away, and I don't know what has become of you. My country is far away, and I don't know what is happening there.

But, he said to himself, whether they knew or didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

I tell Ki that I'm learning about words and stories to help our family. He says he's protecting our family with his knife. Who is right? Which is best, protecting with words or with his knife? She is instant, certain, and solemn, and there is no misunderstanding her meaning. Fight ignorance with words. Fight evil with your knife. Tell you husband, Ki, that he is right.

Are we willing to tolerate ignorance and complacency in matters that affect the entire human family?

The tragedy of the human species is it has evolved the capacity of foresight, but refuses to use it.

But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable.

Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. It's like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water.

We may think that if we ignore our fears, they'll go away. But if we bury worries and anxieties in our consciousness, they continue to affect us and bring us more sorrow.

Fear gives life to anger. You don't have peace when fear is there, so it becomes the soil on which anger can grow. Fear is based on ignorance, and this lack of understanding is also a primary cause of anger.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Ignorance is the parent of fear, and being completely nonplussed and confounded about the stranger, I confess I was now as much afraid of him as if it was the devil himself who had thus broken into my room at the dead of night.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.