Ignorance
When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer.
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) British historian and essayist.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer (1940-?) American psychotherapist, author and lecturer.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Anatole France (1844-1924) French writer.
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher.
Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, novelist and dramatist.
There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) British essayist.
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American philosopher and author.