There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to read more

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non read more

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non me pudet fateri nescire quod nesciam.]

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm read more

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]

In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]