I Quotes
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“Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Ignorance is the source of all problems you encounting on your life time.”
“Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.”
“Ignorance is the thing that is certain to catch up with us right at the very point where we will be unable to catch up with it.”
“Ignorance is the thing that we attribute to everyone else, which is a far greater ignorance than that which we’re accusing everyone else of.”
“Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.”
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“Ignorance is the world's oldest prison,
fear is the world's oldest slave master,
envy is the world's oldest poison,
desire is the world's oldest fuel,
curiosity is the world's oldest scholar,
conscience is the world's oldest preacher,
karma is the world's oldest judge,
time is the world's oldest healer,
destiny is the world's oldest prophet,
truth is the world's oldest sage,
courage is the world's oldest warrior,
love is the world's oldest angel,
joy is the world's oldest medicine,
intelligence is the world's oldest professor,
light is the world's oldest mirror,
eternity is the world's oldest vault,
knowledge is the world's oldest tree,
wisdom is the world's oldest fountain,
nature is the world's oldest clock,
reality is the world's oldest portrait,
darkness is the world's oldest curtain,
stars are the world's oldest lamps,
the sky is the world's oldest blanket,
the Earth is the world's oldest bedroom,
life is the world's oldest theatre,
fate is the world's oldest conductor,
people are the world's oldest actors,
angels are the world's oldest spectators,
and God is the world's oldest theatre owner.”
“Ignorance is the world's most curable affliction.”
Source: Urban Fantasy Collection - Vampires: A Rush of Wings, Staked, Wicked Game
“Ignorance is the worst form of slavery. (Paraphrased)”
“Ignorance is the worst liberation. To know even a few is better than knowing nothing at all.”
“Ignorance is ugly and is the result of a lack of education. Help change that by spreading knowledge, positivity, & love for your fellow man.”
“Ignorance is venomous and it murders the soul, spreading like a virus, running rampant, out of control.”
“Ignorance is what is destroying us and not the devil.”
“IGNORANCE is without gaining Knowledge & Knowledge is gained without IGNORANCE”
Source: ONE Soul Many FACES - REVEALING THE HIDDEN TRUTH
“Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.”
“Ignorance is...voluntary... (Paraphrased)”
“Ignorance isn't a sword. It's a weight that drags a soul swirling to the bottom of the sea.”
“Ignorance isn’t always the problem. Sometimes, it’s also the solution. It depends on how you see it.”
“Ignorance isn't bliss, but sometimes ignorance makes it possible for us to sleep at night.”
Source: Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel
“Ignorance.
It claws, tears, and eventually destroys the threads that hold humanity together.
These people all around me saying not this, not that…
Their tongues untied with the rudeness they fear not to speak
To those they know nothing of, nothing about.
Your hair is too tangled, your thighs too fat
Your religion, your morals, you can’t possibly believe in that.
I do, someone else does too.
You are ignorant.”
“Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin.”
“Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!”
“Ignorance leads to destruction.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“Ignorance leads to economic failures.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.”
“Ignorance leads to leaving in self-deception.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“Ignorance leads to low income.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“Ignorance leads to sin.”
“Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate the nearer we arrive unto it. For what do we truly know, or what can we clearly affirm, of any one of those important things upon which all our reasonings must of necessity be built--time and space, life and death, matter and mind?”
Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it.”
Source: L.P.
“Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.”
“Ignorance lowers you, curiosity elevates you;
knowledge puts you on a higher pedestal than information.
Confusion lowers you, understanding elevates you;
discernment puts you on a higher pedestal than intellect.
Imprudence lowers you, insight elevates you;
wisdom puts you on a higher pedestal than perception.
Greed lowers you, contentment elevates you;
peace puts you on a higher pedestal than indifference.
Bitterness lowers you, happiness elevates you;
joy puts you on a higher pedestal than pleasure.
Anger lowers you, patience elevates you;
longstanding puts you on a higher pedestal than tolerance.
Cruelty lowers you, compassion elevates you;
kindness puts you on a higher pedestal than apathy.
Despair lowers you, hope elevates you;
perseverance puts you on a higher pedestal than dispassion.
Fear lowers you, courage elevates you;
faith puts you on a higher pedestal than confidence.
Hatred lowers you, mercy elevates you;
love puts you on a higher pedestal than sympathy.
Illiteracy lowers you, education elevates you;
enlightenment puts you on a higher pedestal than talent.
Imitating lowers you, creativity elevates you;
originality puts you on a higher pedestal than innovation.
Incompetence lowers you, skill elevates you;
excellence puts you on a higher pedestal than enthusiasm.
Laziness lowers you, hard work elevates you;
diligence puts you on a higher pedestal competence.
Failure lowers you, perseverance elevates you;
success puts you on a higher pedestal than ambition.
Mediocrity lowers you, talent elevates you;
genius puts you on a higher pedestal than aptitude.
Obscurity lowers you, fame elevates you;
influence puts you on a higher pedestal than popularity.
Ego lowers you, honor elevates you;
humility puts you on a higher pedestal than applause.
Poverty lowers you, success elevates you;
wealth puts you on a higher pedestal than prominence.
Dishonor lowers you, esteem elevates you;
character puts you on a higher pedestal than reputation.”
“Ignorance makes for weakness and fear; knowledge gives strength and confidence. Nothing surprises an intellect that knows all things with a sense of discrimination.”
“Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.”
“Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light and chains to liberty. The more true information we can acquire, the better for our enfranchisement.”
Source: Papers of a Pariah
“Ignorance may find a truth on its doorstep that erudition vainly seeks in the stars.”
Source: Canadian Stories
“Ignorance might be bliss, but it also has teeth.”
Source: Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone: Simple Truths for Profound Living
“Ignorance might be bliss. But self-forgetfulness is pure ecstasy.”
“Ignorance might be bliss, but it's irresponsible and dangerous too.”
Source: mind tryst
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
Source: The Descent of Man
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
Source: Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution
“Ignorance must be prosecuted when arrested. The only way for its arrest is by information and the only way for prosecution is through reading and learning of new things.”
“Ignorance must die for reason to live.”
“Ignorance never settles a question.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study
“Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.”
“Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past. Therefore we need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Once we have more knowledge (light) about each other, we will stop condemning each other and a United front will be brought about.”
“Ignorance of God and of ourselves is the great principle and cause of all our disquietments; and, this ariseth mostly not from want of light and instruction, but for want of consideration and application.”
Source: The works ...
“Ignorance of God's prophetic outline, failure to know God's program for the Church, the nations, and Israel, is the cause of the overwhelming amount of error and misunderstanding of the events of the future.”