All Quotes By Tag: Ignorance
“It is a tragedy of modern life that the light of truth scares the society much more than the darkness of ignorance.”
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“…were these Essays of mine considerable enough to deserve a critical judgment, it might then, I think, fallout that they would not much take with common and vulgar capacities, nor be very acceptable to the singular and excellent sort of men; the first would not understand them enough, and the last too much; and so they may hover in the middle region.”
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“Come out my friend. Come out from the narrow lanes of darkness into the vivacious light of the day.”
“The are two kinds of people in this modern society. First and the majority are those fools who think they are wise, and second are the few wise individuals who know that they are fools.”
“Our ancestors sought knowledge, but we, their descendants, glorify ignorance.”
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“Come out my friend. Come out from the narrow lanes of darkness. Come out into the vivacious light of the day where all the glory resides.”
“Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect.”
“I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be proud to be stupid, be proud to be fool. Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. I admit I am a fool, but at the very least, with each passing day I do my best to get lesser fool.”
“Knowledge leaves no room for chances.”
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“Imagine the ancient society of India, and in fact all over the world, a few thousands years ago. In those days, rational thinking was quite scarce. Ignorance was the default mode of thinking. Only a handful of individuals were capable of higher intellectual thinking.”
“Upon This Age, That Never Speaks Its MindUpon this age, that never speaks its mind,This furtive age, this age endowed with powerTo wake the moon with footsteps, fit an oarInto the rowlocks of the wind, and findWhat swims before his prow, what swirls behind—Upon this gifted age, in its dark hour,Rains from the sky a meteoric showerOf facts . . . they lie unquestioned, uncombined.Wisdom enough to leech us of our illIs daily spun; but there exists no loomTo weave it into fabric; undefiledProceeds pure Science, and has her say; but stillUpon this world from the collective wombIs spewed all day the red triumphant child.”
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“What one person calls miracle, I call nature.”
“He, who don’t know the Almighty God don’t know what He knows for what he knows, knows the Almighty God as the Supreme God!”
“It is better to be foolish than a dilettante.”
“When you don’t have explanation for a certain phenomenon, as a real human, you should suspend judgement, instead of concocting supernatural explanations out of ignorance and primordial fanaticism.”