It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he
is ignorant, and it read more

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he
is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of
universal knowledge.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

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.

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence