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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.]
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge, but passes into it
through an intermediate state of obscurity, even as night into read more
Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge, but passes into it
through an intermediate state of obscurity, even as night into
day through twilight.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion
For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world
knows.
For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world
knows.
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind
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.