J. C. Ryle Quotes

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.

As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.

I think that no matter how old you get, you are always learning about yourself.

Wisdom comes out of dialogue so you have to develop the capacity to expose your own ignorance in order that they may discover their own wisdom.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.

The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.

Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don't acquire wisdom from it.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

I've reached the age of self-knowledge, so I don't know anything. People who claim that they know something are responsible for most of the fuss in the world.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.