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“Absurd, irreducible; nothing — not even a profound and secret delirium of nature — could explain it. Obviously I did not know everything, I had not seen the seeds sprout, or the tree grow. But faced with this great wrinkled paw, neither ignorance nor knowledge was important: the world of explanations and reasons is not the world of existence. A circle is not absurd, it is clearly explained by the rotation of a straight segment around one of its extremities. But neither does a circle exist. This root, on the other hand, existed in such a way that I could not explain it.”

Knows World Way Doe Important Reason Hands Grows Secret Existence Tree Ignorance Roots Profound Seeds Circles Absurd Explanation Paws Delirium Sprouts Extremity Nausea Rotation

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“Ignorance Protects itself, And protected, Ignorance grows.”

Grows Ignorance Protect Protected Quails

Book:Parable of the Talents: A Novel

Source: Parable of the Talents: A Novel

“But if we hide ourselves away, afraid to grow and learn, we might wake up in the flames of the ignorance that burns and we'll never be much more than only casualties of war in a struggle we can't win if we have no faith to begin. We've got to tip the lid and let some sunlight in.”

Ifs War Might Winning Grows Struggle Ignorance Wake Up Flames Sunlight Casualties Can't Win

Author:Dawud Wharnsby Ali

“As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.”

Grows Ignorance Areas Perimeter

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.”

Religion Belief Grows Atheism Ignorance Miracle Soil

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.”

Doe Science Grows Knowledge Learning Sea Ignorance Ocean Ignorant Islands Shore Knowledge And Ignorance

Author:John Archibald Wheeler

“Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.”

Spirituality Grows Awareness Ignorance Self Awareness Proportion

Book:One Minute Wisdom

Source: One Minute Wisdom

“Beware: Ignorance Protects itself. Ignorance Promotes suspicion. Suspicion Engenders fear. Fear quails, Irrational and blind, Or fear looms, Defiant and closed. Blind, closed, Suspicious, afraid, Ignorance Protects itself, And protected, Ignorance grows.”

Grows Ignorance Protect Blind Protected Suspicion Irrational Suspicious Quails

Book:Parable of the Talents

Source: Parable of the Talents

“If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow”

Ifs Knows Grows Levels Teacher Ignorance Asking Revealing

Book:Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

Source: Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

“The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.”

Age Time Grows Wonder Greater Ignorance Clothes Aging Bursting

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations