Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
Expression without culture is flat. Many artists come out of art school and start doing things that don't last. They are audacious because of ignorance. They are irresponsible.
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.
The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.
Knowledge is not a guarantee of good political behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.
This self-congratulatory notion Americans have that their country is Number One is borne of ignorance and bad manners.
When actresses jump on the anti-Iraq bandwagon, they often combine down-home momism with an ignorance of Islamist intent which is truly awesome.
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.
Economic inequality is systemic, and one of the most effective barriers is ignorance about how money works beyond the basics.
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.
Being a depressive should not imply danger any more than being a man or even a human should. Mental illness isn't a them/us issue; we are all on the scale somewhere. So we must be very careful to resist ignorance and combat the stigma that leads to dangerous silence.
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true for racists who wanted to use the 'n' word when talking about me or about my people, or the stupidity of people who really wanted to belittle other folks because they weren't pretty or they weren't rich or they weren't clever.
If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest.
To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.
You grow up and recognise that in an educated, secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognise in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.
You grow up and recognize that in any educated secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognize in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.
