Billy Graham Quotes

The more I see, the less I know.

A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.

I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.

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

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

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

The more I see the less I know for sure.

'These things will become clear to you,' said the old man gently, 'at least,' he added with slight doubt in his voice, 'clearer than they are at the moment.'

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

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

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

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

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

I still haven’t figured it out completely.

My ignorance is widespread.

I don't feel it incumbent on me to make sense of everything.

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

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

Our ignorance can be divided into problems and mysteries. When we face a problem, we may not know its solution, but we have insight, increasing knowledge, and an inkling of what we are looking for. When we face a mystery, however, we can only stare in wonder and bewilderment, not knowing what an explanation would even look like.

But I still couldn't figure out what it all meant. The more I found out, the less I understood.

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

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

Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.