#oran

People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#willful-ignorance #true

Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#willful-ignorance #die

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#knowledge #enemy

Humans see what they want to see. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humans #mankind #perception #self-delusion #willful-ignorance

I'd rather be called a boy and play with paper airplanes than be called a man and play with a girl's heart. ↗

— Niall Horan

#niall-horan #one-direction #play

Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#prejudice #crime

It takes a very long time to become young. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#innocence #knowledge #wisdom #youth #youth

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#travel #wisdom #law

... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights", the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful. ↗

— David Mitchell

#hatred #ignorance #power #violence #violence

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. ↗

— Voltaire

#disregard #ignorance #innovation #persecution #reformers