Hendrik Willem Van Loon Quotes

Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.

Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Faith is a poison that paralyzes the mind. In all the days of your life, seek knowledge!

Science is a philosophy of discovery; intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance... Something fundamamental is going on in people's minds when they confront things they don't understnd.

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

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.

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

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

We are in a war on ignorance, a war on scientific ignorance.

Apollo was designed not to conquer enemies but to conquer ignorance.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness.

Science has liberated the ideas of those that read and reflect ... Science is progressive.

Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

Science is a wonderful way of getting out what's real.

Only by ignorance is science threatened.

Science is not wisdom.

Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody is smart enough to figure out the answer to a problem.

Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once was darkness, ignorance and superstition. There is no personal salvation, except through science.

Hope is easy; knowledge is hard. Science is the one domain in which we human beings make a truly heroic effort to counter our innate biases and wishful thinking. Science is the one endeavor in which we have developed a refined methodology for separating what a person hopes is true from what he has good reason to believe.

The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.