“The human mind feels restless and dissatisfied under the anxieties of ignorance. It longs for the repose of conviction; and to gain this repose it will often rather precipitate its conclusions than wait for the tardy lights of observation and experiment. There is such a thing, too, as the love of simplicity and system,--a prejudice of the understanding which disposes it to include all the phenomena of nature under a few sweeping generalities,--an indolence which loves to repose on the beauties of a theory rather than encounter the fatiguing detail of its evidences.” FeelsMindHumansLightWaitingUnderstandingIgnoranceTheoryAnxietyEvidenceGainsPrejudiceSimplicityDetailsConvictionExperimentsConclusionObservationEncountersHuman MindRestlessReposeSweepingDissatisfiedIndolenceGeneralities Book:Works Source: Works
“I dont think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.” ThinkingWayIgnoranceGainsDistance Author:Alice Sebold
“There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.” MenHandsLosesIgnoranceGainsNothing New Author:Ramana Maharshi
“If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.” IfsMenWayHappinessOpinionIgnoranceGainsRichesRelyLastingPermitImperfectRely UponLasting HappinessImperfect Man Author:Joseph Franklin Rutherford
“Going to university is only one avenue to gain knowledge. There are others. A degree isn't insurance against ignorance.” IgnoranceDegreesGainsUniversityAvenues Book:For the Roses Source: For the Roses
“The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he is not. It consists in the dissipation of one's own ignorance concerning oneself and life, and the gradual growth of that understanding which begins the spiritual awakening. The finding of God is a coming to one?s self.” PersonsDoeSelfSpiritualSpiritualityUnderstandingGrowthJourneyIgnoranceFindingsGainsOneselfAwakeningDestinationSpiritual AwakeningLife JourneyArrivingSpiritual JourneyLife Is A JourneyDissipationNew Journey Author:Aldous Huxley
“Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. It is better to know - even if the knowledge endures only for the moment that comes before destruction - than to gain eternal life at the price of a dull and swinish lack of comprehension of a universe that swirls unseen before us in all its wonder. That was the choice of Achilles, and it is mine, too.” IfsKnowsLifeEnoughMomentsUseWisdomChoicesUniverseWonderKnowledgeWiseIgnoranceMinesEternalGainsDestructionRemainsEndureIgnorantDullUnseenEternal LifeComprehensionAchillesSwirls Author:Isaac Asimov