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Ignorance Quotes
"Not knowing one's real Self is the greatest of maya (deceit; illusion). Once this ignorance is removed, the illusion departs."
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"Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!"
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"A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere."
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"Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was."
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"Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding."
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"Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance."
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"Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free."
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"Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice."
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"The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it."
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"Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery Jerusalem, from the religious and nationalistic conflicts, is unknown to the outside world, almost unknown to itself."
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"To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance."
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"Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self."
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"Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other."
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"A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad."
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"It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous."
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"Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better."
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"True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance."
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"The more we study the more we discover our ignorance."
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"So the paradox goes: No man who is really ignorant is ever aware that he is ignorant. That is its finest, most faulty manifestation; there can be no true ignorance without first some claim of intelligence or consciousness, or superiority or enlightenment."
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"Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance."
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"We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference."
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"Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age."
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"A straight face is an ignorant man's attempt to appear knowledgeable."
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"The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance."
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"To be naive is to be unaware of how stupid and cruel other people are; but, by some definitions, ignorance is nearly the opposite of naivety in being a kind of cynicism, in being unaware of their intelligence and humanity. It seems to be a normal although unfortunate case that the great many of us consciously abhor ignorance in others yet subconsciously practice it ourselves: as naivety is apparent and well-known to inflict its damage upon oneself; whereas the alternative and the easier, ignorance, its damage upon others."
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"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
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"The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind."
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