#ignorance

I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant? ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#been #egoism #future #god #hidden

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#against #be happy #death #fight #happy

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#cause #consciousness #falsity #ignorance #inconstancy

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#always #console #ignorance #knowledge #me

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#armor #ignorance #like #logic

Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions. ↗

— Criss Jami

#being-yourself #clever #differences #everyone #funny

I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or so. I'm professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#better #customers #doctrine #forgetting #got

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few. ↗

— Will Rogers

#america #becoming #belong #educated #few

Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing. ↗

— Irene Peter

#excuse #ignorance #real #real thing #thing

I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#evil #i #i believe #i believe that #ignorance