#ignorance

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#ignorance #courage

I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune that I was not born or brought up in a small American town; they may be the backbone of the nation, but they are also the backbone of ignorance, bigotry, and boredom, all in vast quantities. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#americans #ignorance #society #death

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. ↗

— Derek Bok

#expensive #ignorance #think #try #you

Education is a system of imposed ignorance. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#homeschooling #ignorance #public-education #education

Ignorance is the parent of fear. ↗

— Herman Melville

#fear #ignorance #education

Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#ignorance #skepticism #thomas-jefferson #education

There are all kinds of ignorance in the world. Education, learning to read and write, doesn't necessarily give us knowledge. We have to learn to use our minds to see what is really happening. ↗

— Linda Leaming

#ignorance #learning #education

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#ignorance #knowledge #education

To some perhaps it may appear a little strained to place this last-mentioned form of attachment on a level of importance with the others, and such persons may be inclined to deny to the homogenic [...] or homosexual love that intense, that penetrating, and at times overmastering character which would entitle it to rank as a great human passion. But in truth this view, when entertained, arises from a want of acquaintance with the actual facts. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#homophobia #homosexuality #ignorance #love #passion

God did not mean us to be ignorant. He left us this marvelous universe to decipher and understand. ↗

— James Targett

#god #ignorance #knowledge #marvels #universe