Quotes about Ignorance
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
— 1 Corinthians 15:34
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
— 2 Corinthians 10:12
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
— Ephesians 4:18
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
— 1 Timothy 1:13
But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
— 2 Timothy 2:23
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
— Hebrews 9:7
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
— 1 Peter 1:14
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
— 1 Peter 2:15
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
— Jude 1:10
They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.
— Paulo Coelho
The habit of ignoring Nature is deeply implanted in our times. This attitude reminds me of people who never look you in the eye; I find them disturbing and always have to look away.
— Marc Chagall
The idiot is indeed the good man, but only because he doesn't know any better.
— William Saroyan