“Not biology, but ignorance of ourselves, has been the key to our powerlessness”

“Probably the worst thing that has happened to our understanding of reality has been the acceptance of ourselves as consumers.”

“That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.”

“We cannot love something solely because it has been ignored. It must also be worthy of our attention. ”

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

“Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.”