#ignorance

The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#fate #fear #ignorance #life #order

...the villagers had decided that 'practical' meant 'extremely magical and full of interesting objects' and had officially subtitled themselves, Winesap: A Pracktical Towne. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#magical #normal #pratical #small-town-life #special

Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract of guilt and blame there is always an older contract that may bind and release in a more salutary way. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#dorothy #hope #ignorance #innocence #philosophy

Often, the greater our ignorance about something, the greater our resistance to change. ↗

— Marc Bekoff

#dictator #evil #ignorance #specieism #vegan

We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies. ↗

— John Marsden

#nature #nature

It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#math #science #science

The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#science

People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#willful-ignorance #true

Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#prejudice #crime

It takes a very long time to become young. ↗