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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm read more
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.
Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to read more
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths,
which his mind was capable read more
A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths,
which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.