Quotes by Ignorant There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of. Francois de La Rochefoucauld ignorant curiosity pride Many things we do naturally become difficult only when we try to make them intellectual subjects. It is possible to know so much about a subject that you become totally ignorant. Frank Herbert ignorant intellectual trying I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. Fred Melamed judaism adherence ignorant The Bible has a human history as well as a divine inspiration. It is a history full of interest, and it is one which all those who value their Bible should know, at least in outline, if only that they may be able to meet the criticisms of sceptics and the ignorant. Frederic G. Kenyon ignorant criticism inspiration We cannot but be astonished at the ease with which men resign themselves to ignorance about what is most important for them to know; and we may be certain that they are determined to remain invincibly ignorant if they once come to consider it as axiomatic that there are no absolute principles. Frederic Bastiat ignorant ignorance men Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine. Fridtjof Nansen ignorant humility struggle Each member of society can have only a small fraction of the knowledge possessed by all, and...each is therefore ignorant of most of the facts on which the working of society rests...civilization rests on the fact that we all benefit from knowledge which we do not possess. And one of the ways in which civilization helps us to overcome that limitation on the extent of individual knowledge is by conquering intelligence, not by the acquisition of more knowledge, but by the utilization of knowledge which is and which remains widely dispersed among individuals. Friedrich August von Hayek ignorant overcoming civilization Do not imagine that you have to know everything before you can do anything. My own best work was done when I was most ignorant. Freeman Dyson ignorant imagine done The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult Freeman Dyson ignorant impossible people We are ignorant of what it is we do not know even though we know more than we can ever say G. L. S. Shackle ignorant economics ignorance In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with. Francois de La Rochefoucauld ignorant All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest. Friedrich August von Hayek ignorant political wisdom I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in. Garson Kanin ignorant smart people So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant of the vast complexity of their own communication. Garth Stein ignorant communication people Don't pour the oil directly into my navel, pour it on my sternum and let it run down into my navel, you ignorant peasant. Garrison Keillor ignorant oil running Your god is dead and only the ignorant weep. And if you claim there is a hell, then we shall meet there! Friedrich Nietzsche ignorant hell religious Forests in the tropics are cut to make pasture to raise beef for the American market. Our distance from the source of our food enables us to be superficially more comfortable, and distinctly more ignorant. Gary Snyder ignorant distance cutting Heaven and Hell are imaginary creation of ignorant minds. Gautama Buddha ignorant mind heaven One can't understand everything at once, we can't begin with perfection all at once! In order to reach perfection one must begin by being ignorant of a great deal. And if we understand things too quickly, perhaps we shan't understand them thoroughly. Fyodor Dostoevsky ignorant perfection order You're a materialist, like all ignorant people. But your materialism doesn't make materialism true. Don't you know that? In the final summing up, it is spirit and dream, thought and love and act that matter. Gene Wolfe ignorant dream people «4567891011121314»