Quotes about Ignorance

Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable

As long as ignorance and misery exist in the world, books like the one you are about to read are, perhaps, not entirely useless

Those who are ignorant should be taught all you can teach them; society is to blame for not providing free public education; and society will answer for the obscurity it produces. If the soul is left in darkness, sin will be committed. The guilty party is not he who has sinned but he who created the darkness in the first place.

Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing instruction for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.

other words, and with a still wider significance, so long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Misérables cannot fail to be of use.

In that etymological light nostalgia seems something like the pain of ignorance, of not knowing. You are far away, and I don't know what has become of you. My country is far away, and I don't know what is happening there.

But, he said to himself, whether they knew or didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

I tell Ki that I'm learning about words and stories to help our family. He says he's protecting our family with his knife. Who is right? Which is best, protecting with words or with his knife? She is instant, certain, and solemn, and there is no misunderstanding her meaning. Fight ignorance with words. Fight evil with your knife. Tell you husband, Ki, that he is right.

Are we willing to tolerate ignorance and complacency in matters that affect the entire human family?

The tragedy of the human species is it has evolved the capacity of foresight, but refuses to use it.

But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable.

Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. It's like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water.