John Lennon Quotes

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

There are many things that I don't understand.

The more I see, the less I know.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

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

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

Ignorance never settles a question.

Well isn’t that one thing you’re all the more wise for? Age has taught you something. It seems to me that you know the big secret. That nobody knows what’s going on

Seeing is believing and believing is knowing and knowing beats unknowing and the unknown.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

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.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.

My ignorance is widespread.

Whoever believes he knows why everything is as it is has hold of nothing.

There's stuff in this world, everybody pretends they understand. But we don't understand. It's important to listen.