497 quotes found
“It is our eyes that blind us and our ears that deafen us.”
“When one considers how vast and how close to us is the problem of existencethis equivocal, tortured, fleeting, dream-like existence of oursso vast and so close that a man no sooner discovers it tha...”
“Ignorance is a terrible thing. It causes families to lose their center and causes people to lose their control. Ignorance knows no binds. Old people, young people, middle-aged, black, white, can al...”
“Shutting out your problems does not dismiss them. Ignorance is not bliss. On the contrary, it creates an opportunity for those problems to grow.”
“Simple was never that simple. Still, the self-questioning did take some time to reach him. And if there's anything worse than self-questioning coming too early in life, it's self-questioning coming...”
“When we've got a common philosophy and a common objective; then we can advance in open order. We shall be a great team. But we've got to make sure of that common set of ideas. Maybe we shall find o...”
“Ignorance is fertile ground.”
“Ignorance never protected anyone for long.”
“the paradox of human ignorance is the most intriguing paradox of nature”
“Its not as if theres an empty patch that one can see and so one can say, Theres my ignorance; its about ten by ten and a dozen feet high and someday someone will fill in the empty patch.”
“Don't care is what I've been trying to say .... but not able to !”
“Ignorance is the Mother of Opposition”
“Should a professor of accounting or chemistry be fired for using up class time to sound off about homelessness or the war in Iraq? Yes! There is no high moral principle that prevents it. What preve...”
“Invincible ignorance always upset him, even though he knew he should just laugh at it.”
“But the dull and stupid masses will continue in their sluggish bustle.”
“To attack terrorism, firstly attack the ignorance which is the greatest source of terrorism! Attack the ignorance worldwide because ignorance often creates sick minds!”
“the general trouble with ignorance is always that ignorant people have no idea that thats what they are. You can be ignorant and stupid and go through your whole life without ever encountering any ...”
“At work here is that powerful WYSIATI ("what you see is all there is") rule. You cannot help dealing with the limited information you have as if it were all there is to know. You build the best pos...”
“The mockery towards the ignorant reflects ignorance.”
“Ignorance is bliss Knowing is depressing Wisdom is peace”