Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

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.

Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary 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.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
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It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
Than when I was a boy.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.