“I fear my ignorance.”
Section 3 “...contend in vain?”, Chapter 3 (p. 187)
The Gods Themselves (1972)
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“The only death I fear is dying ignorant.”
Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 4 (p. 125)
Octavia E. Butler book Parable of the Talents
Source: Parable of the Talents (1998), Chapter 12 (p. 225)
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 32, “Coppers, Cobblers and Crowds” (p. 227)
“Ignorance is the parent of fear.”
Herman Melville (1818–1891) American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet
Source: Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
Rome, or Reason? A Reply to Cardinal Manning. Part I. The North American Review (1888)
Context: I have no Protestant prejudices against Catholicism, and have no Catholic prejudices against Protestantism. I regard all religions either without prejudice or with the same prejudice. They were all, according to my belief, devised by men, and all have for a foundation ignorance of this world and fear of the next. All the Gods have been made by men. They are all equally powerful and equally useless.
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“Fear always springs
from ignorance.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Variant: Fear always springs from ignorance.
