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“If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.”

Ifs Self Pleasure Knowledge Emotional Illusion Discovery Painful Self Discovery Ignorant Self Knowledge Know Yourself Self Conscious Willful Ignorance

Author:Aldous Huxley

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

“Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think.”

“The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."”

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Author:Isaac Asimov

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”

“Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.”

Self Law Easy Ignorance Endless Restraint Self Education Replacements Self Restraint Willful Ignorance

Book:The Secret Texts

Source: The Secret Texts

“The major threats to our survival no longer stem from nature without but from our own human nature within. It is our carelessness, our hostilities, our selfishness and pride and willful ignorance that endanger the world.”

World Humans Evil Human Nature Ignorance Pride Majors Survival Threat Selfishness Stem Hostility Carelessness Willful Ignorance Selfishness And Pride

Book:The People Of The Lie

Source: The People Of The Lie

“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

“The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.”

Two Faces Political Ignorance Refusal Political Correctness Pillars Correctness Steadfast Willful Ignorance Facing The Truth

Author:George MacDonald Fraser

“People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. BecauHse people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”

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Author:Zedd

“Being #‎ IGNORANT is not so much a SHAME, as being UNWILLING to LEARN to do things THE #‎ RIGHT WAY.”

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Author:Shiv Khera

“You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”

“When you grow up surrounded by willful ignorance, you have to believe that mercy has it's own country and that it's round and borderless.”

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Author:Ani DiFranco

“People see what they want to see.”

People Want Knowing Ignorance Perception Sixth Sense Willful Ignorance Perception Reality

Author:Red Barber