there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.

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All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

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The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it's that they know so many things that just aren't so.

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Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. — Dante Alighieri

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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

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The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ass you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same. ― George Pelecanos

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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. - Confucius

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Never underestimate your own ignorance.

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