“We all have the dark, ignorant shadow inside us. I have worked endlessly to reveal it and heal it in me, but of course there's some primitive weird stuff in me. The Tea Party is about exhorting white supremacy, though, so I've had a tiny bit of trouble experiencing sympathy.” CoursesStuffBitsDarkWhitePartyTroubleShadowTinyHealIgnorantTeaPrimitiveWhite SupremacyTea PartySupremacyWeird Stuff Author:Anne Lamott
“The ignorant and the deluded are, I think, in a strange way to be envied. That which is not known of does not trouble us, while an imagined but insubstantial peril does not harm us. To know the truths behind reality is a far greater burden.” ThinkingKnowsWayDoeRealityBehindsKnownGreaterTroubleStrangeTruth IsBurdenHarmIgnorantPerilEnviedDeluded Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“Only the very ignorant are perfectly satisfied that they know. To the common man the great problems are easy. He has no trouble in accounting for the universe. He can tell you the origin and destiny of man and the why and wherefore of things.” KnowsMenProblemUniverseEasyCommonDestinyTroubleAtheismPositive AtheismSatisfiedIgnorantAccountingCommon Man Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharrassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world's resources.” WorldTroubleResourcesIgnorantRacistFeedingBullyPredatorSly Book:Burn This Book: Notes on Literature and Engagement Source: Burn This Book: Notes on Literature and Engagement
“I shall never flaunt the little learning that I have acquired through the care and help my father has given me. If I have learned anything, it is only because he took care to teach me. Had he not taken upon himself the trouble of instructing me, I would be as ignorant as many other children.” IfsChildrenLittlesHelpingWould BeCareFatherGivenTeachTakenTroubleIgnorantI Have Learned Author:Augustin-Louis Cauchy