Quotes by Ignorance Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. Addison Mizner ignorance men funny Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action? Adi Shankara passion ignorance self Not to destroy but to construct, Adlai E. Stevenson ignorance war science On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. Adlai E. Stevenson brotherhood-of-man ignorance men I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. Adlai E. Stevenson forgiveness ignorance believe Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard. Adlai E. Stevenson stubborn prejudice ignorance How fortunate for governments that people do not think. There is no thinking except in giving and executing commands. If it were otherwise human society could not exist. Adolf Hitler government ignorance thinking William Henry Flower the Anglican too praised evolution as a cleansing solvent, dissolving the dross which had 'encrusted' Christianity 'in the days of ignorance and superstition'. Adrian Desmond flower ignorance science I am not sure that Christ would have been very satisfied to foresee that He would be looked upon principally as a redeemer and nailed forever upon the cross by human ignorance. It seems to me that He above all desired to bring men a message of truth, that He wanted to heal them of their faults by making an appeal to all their energy; He shook them as much as He could, He did not seek to spare them the trouble. Adrienne Monnier ignorance forever men In the middle-class United States, a veneer of "alternative lifestyles" disguises the reality that, here as everywhere, women's apparent "choices" whether or not to have children are still dependent on the far from neutral will of male legislators, jurists, a male medical and pharmaceutical profession, well-financed lobbies, including the prelates of the Catholic Church, and the political reality that women do not as yet have self-determination over our bodies and still live mostly in ignorance of our authentic physicality, our possible choices, our eroticism itself. Adrienne Rich ignorance determination children Not biology, but ignorance of ourselves, has been the key to our powerlessness Adrienne Rich biology keys ignorance The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West. The two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides. Aga Khan IV ignorance real two Knowledge will appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet it is not to be despised, since by it we reach up groping fingers to touch the hem of the garment of the Most High. Agnes Mary Clerke garments hem ignorance What has been done is little-scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our knowledge will, we are easily persuaded, appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet it is not to be despised, since by it we reach up groping to touch the hem of the garment of the Most High. Agnes Mary Clerke ignorance science knowledge For myself, I long ago decided that I would rather know the truth than be happy in ignorance. If I can not have both truth and happiness, give me truth. We’ll have a long time to be happy in heaven. Aiden Wilson Tozer long-ago ignorance giving The ground for taking ignorance to be restrictive of freedom is that it causes people to make choices which they would not have made if they had seen what the realization of their choices involved. A.J. Ayer choices ignorance people True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. Akhenaton ignorance wisdom wise but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane. The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public. Akira Kurosawa ignorance animal children Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance Al-Ghazali ignorance people looks These latter institutions [the civil service, trade unions, media of all kinds], notably of course television, but more subtly the written press, are quite spectacular powers of unreason and ignorance. Alain Badiou media ignorance television «1234567891011»