quotations about ignorance
It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI
Freedom from Fear
Ignorance is often the blindness of the soul.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
I fear my ignorance.
ISAAC ASIMOV
The Gods Themselves
Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.
WALTER CRONKITE
attributed, Public Speaking: A Concise Overview for the Twenty-first Century
The ignorant ever shun and dread the gifted and enlightened.
FRANCIS A. DURIVAGE
"The Three Brides"
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatical.
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
"Of Society and of Conversation", Les Caractères
Ignorance and intolerance to be like commas, because you often found them in pairs, and almost never did you find one, ignorance, without its evil twin, intolerance.
DAVID BALDACCI
The Camel Club
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
LORD ACTON
letter to Richard Simpson, Jan. 23, 1861