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
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished, derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the nineteenth century.
It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control.
Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable.
Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.
I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
