Neil Armstrong Quotes

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

No enemy is more harmful than ignorance.

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

There is always a place I can take someone's curiosity and land where they end up enlightened when we're done. That's my challenge as an educator. No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.

The more we know, the more we realize there is to know.

The more you learn, the more you realize how much there is to learn.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

My ignorance is widespread.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.