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"Every time you make a choice that expresses respect for life, you bring a little more love in your body, into your family, into our society, and into a world that is calling out for this blessing."
"Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom."
"Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul"
"It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."
"Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid."
"To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly"
"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star."
"Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience"
"Traders lose because the game is hard, or out of ignorance, or lack of discipline or because of both."
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance."
"I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance."
"There never was a time in our history when ignorance of current affairs could be so dangerous."
"We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces."
"The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self."
"It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins."
"Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance. The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God ."
"Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone."
"The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways."
"If anyone can refute me-show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective-I'l l gladly change. It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance."
