So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whos….

Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough..

Science intensifies religious truth by cleansing it of ignorance and superstition..

If you think the cost of education is high, think about ignorance..

There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over ….

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved..

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier..

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the con….

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance.

The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears..

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 tru….

It's appropriate that the word 'ignorance' is an extension of the word 'ignore.' We ignore so much and so we become ignore-ant..

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones..

To fail to properly contextualize content has historically been the basis for the slaughter of millions of people in every century throughout human h….

Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears.

I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance..

If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf of ignorance which surr….

And I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting us to ignorance again..

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear..

The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisono….

It is thus that the generality of mankind, whose lot is ignorance, attributes to the Divinity, not only the unusual effects which strike them, but mo….