“There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.” MenGivingFirstsCertainValuesRaceImagineIgnoranceDutyGeniusFameCriticsEnvyAmusementPreyAvenuesHinderReceptionSentinels Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius
“Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who knows a great deal can't imagine that what he is saying is not common knowledge, and speaks more indifferently.” ThinkingKnowsMenSpeakDealsCommonImagineTeachingIgnoranceHe ManSpeechProfoundImagine ThatDogmaticCommon KnowledgeTeaching Others Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.” LifeArtHandsSilenceAttitudeImagineIgnoranceAffection Author:Khalil Gibran
“Whoever will imagine a perpetual confession of ignorance, a judgment without leaning or inclination, on any occasion whatever, hasa conception of Pyrrhonism.” ImagineIgnoranceJudgmentOccasionsConceptionPerpetualConfessionSkepticismInclination Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“It sounds superficially fair. But it presupposes that that there is something in Christian theology to be ignorant about. The entire thrust of my position is that Christian theology is a non-subject. It is empty. Vacuous. Devoid of coherence or content. I imagine that McGrath would join me in expressing disbelief in fairies, astrology and Thor's hammer. How would he respond if a fairyologist, astrologer or Viking accused him of ignorance of their respective subjects?” IfsChristianSoundImagineSubjectsPositionIgnoranceFairsEmptyTheologyIgnorantFairyImagine ThatAccusedHammersAstrologyThrustDisbeliefVikingsCoherenceChristian TheologyVacuous Author:Richard Dawkins
“Pettiness of mind, ignorance and presumption are the cause of stubbornness, because stubborn people only want to believe what they themselves can imagine, and they can imagine very few things.” PeopleWantMindBelieveBeliefCausesImagineIgnoranceStubbornStubbornnessPresumptionPettiness Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable