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Quotes about Ignorance

As I ate she began the first of what we later called "my lessons in living." She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors. She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit. That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.
— Maya Angelou
If we tolerate vulgarity, our future will sway and fall under a burden of ignorance. It need not be so. We have the brains and the heart to face our futures bravely. Taking responsibility for the time we take up and the space we occupy. To respect our ancestors and out of concern for our descendants, we must show ourselves as courteous and courageous well-meaning Americans. Now.
— Maya Angelou
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
— Ben Carson
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be.
— Ben Carson
Since it was out of ignorance that I had acted in unbelief, I received mercy, and the grace of our Lord overflowed. 1 Timothy 1:13—14
— Beth Moore
Have you noticed how people who most ignore God are the first to blame Him in time of tragedy?
— Beth Moore
When fundamentalism wins, the world enters a dark age.
— Steven Pressfield
Oswald Chambers says, "Intellectual darkness comes through ignorance; spiritual darkness comes because of something I do not intend to obey.
— Stormie Omartian
What cruel mistakes are sometimes made by benevolent men and women in matters of business about which they know nothing and think they know a great deal.
— Florence Nightingale
The more man learns, the less he knows.
— Billy Graham
If you are ignorant of God's Word, you will always be ignorant of God's will.
— Billy Graham
We have become a nation of biblical illiterates.
— Billy Graham