A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance..

Forts, arsenals, garrisons, armies, navies, are means of security and defence, which were invented in half-civilized times and in feudal or despotic ….

Knowledge has two extremes. The first is the pure natural ignorance in which all men find themselves at birth. The other extreme is that reached by g….

Ignorance is more costly to any State than education..

I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions that way, I was very ill prepared,….

Cultural speciation had been crippling to human moral and spiritual growth. It had hindered freedom of thought, limited our thinking, imprisoned us i….

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration..

Is there wisdom in innocence? I think there is, but there is a cult now of drab men and women, for whom the world, and even life itself, is a kind of….

We consume far too many animal products, processed and refined foods, saturated fats, and empty calories. Industries that profit from both our ignora….

As the moon, though darkened with spots, gives us a much greater light than the stars that sewn all-luminous, so do the Scriptures afford more light ….

Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion..

The amplest knowledge has the largest faith. Ignorance is always incredulous. Tell an English cottager that the belfries of Swedish churches are crim….

It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science an….

When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list - somewher….

Ignorance, poverty, and greed must disappear so that light can prevail in all places..

What is intelligence, anyway It is only a word that people use to name those unknown processes with which our brains solve problems we call hard. But….

All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions..

The child should have the advantage of ignorance as well as of knowledge, and is fortunate if he gets his share of neglect and exposure..

The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a popular American pasti….

Maybe that is why young people make success. They don't know enough..

It is an essential part of the scientific enterprise to admit ignorance, even to exult in ignorance as a challenge to future conquests..