#ignorance

It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3) ↗

— Jean Calvin

#calvin #faith #humility #ignorance #knowledge

A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere. ↗

— Charles Kettering

#amount #anywhere #certain #get #ignorance

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#defeat #envelope #forces #future #ignorance

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance. ↗

— John Ruskin

#ignorance #involves #know #profound #sensation

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#both #certain #certainty #dissipate #dogmatism

Chance is a name for our ignorance. ↗

— Leslie Stephen

#ignorance #name #our

One's ignorance is one's chief asset. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#chief #ignorance

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#ignorance #knowledge #opinions #perpetual #recipe

Chance" is just a word expressing ignorance ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#ignorance #random #science #science

A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#humor #ignorance #intelligence #wisdom #humor