Ignorance quotes by Sadhguru
For one moment if you forget that you are mortal, ignorance will sprout, if you forget for a long time, it will bear fruit.
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Evil is neither a quality nor is it an act, it is a consequence of ignorance. The most horrendous things happen not because somebody is evil, but because he is ignorant. So you cannot destroy evil, you just have to bring knowing and awareness.
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Once I believe what I believe is the truth, naturally, I will try to impose it on other people. I don't call it an imposition, I call it saving you from ignorance, I will try to put it on to you, just to save you, not to hurt you, but you will get hurt anyway because any imposition hurts
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if the process of dividing life into proper compartments doesn’t mean much to you anymore, you want to know the timelessness of life, the boundless nature of what this is, then you need to be little bit set on fire. nice logic or petty emotions won’t do it. They don't magnify the possibility of moving from a limited state of ignorance to an unlimited
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If you jump off a tall building You will see it will be very blissful till you hit the ground, ignorance is bliss till you get smashed. In that small period it's wonderful
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Our knowledge however great it is, compared to this cosmos is just a minuscule, so if you identify with that minuscule you will become a minuscule, our ignorance is boundless, we always identify with our ignorance, we always identify with what we do not know, so that we are a constant expansion
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You cannot admit that 'I do not know' because you have not realized the immensity of 'I do not know.' 'I do not know' is the biggest thing that can happen to you in your life
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Short + Ignorance quotes ⇑
Short Quotes
If you really know the pain of ignorance, then a Master arises. You don't have to look for Him.
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All ignorance Quotes ⇑
When you truly realize that you do not know, there will be no prejudice and no judgment in you. You will just become a being
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One who understands the magnitude of one’s ignorance, becomes a seeker. A seeker, unlike a believer, can never be in conflict with anybody
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Ignorance is not a solution nor is it a bliss. Ignorance protects you from suffering a few things but suffering will accumulate and come to you in large scale at some point.
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There is no such thing as knowing. Either you come to terms with your ignorance or you struggle with it.
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Do not mistake ignorance for innocence. Innocence means you know the complexities of the world, but you have no compulsions to become part of it
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The reason dead bodies were openly cremated in Manikarnika, in the heart of Kashi, was to bring people to terms with Death, because Ignorance rules a society that hides Death
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If you apply only your intellect, ignoring other aspects of intelligence, you will get confused about every little thing in life
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The intelligence of ignorance is that no matter how much you think you know, it is a minuscule in cosmic proportions, but our ignorance is boundless.
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The keenness of your attention will determine the profoundness of your knowing. What you ignore, you shall remain ignorant of.
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The essence of India is that it's a land of seekers which understood the intelligence of ignorance. In seeking there is no conflict. Only in believing there is conflict
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The spiritual process is a transition from limited Ambition to limitless Vision. The first step towards this is to start identifying with one’s ignorance, with things that one does not know
Limitation Identity Spiritual process
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Whether you experience stress, anger, fear, or any other kind of negativity, there is only one basic cause – being ignorant of your inner Nature
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There is only one calamity – that is ignorance. And there is only one solution – that is enlightenment.
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You don't know the beginning, the end, or the middle of the existence. Your ignorance is perfect. But you spoil it by thinking you know something.
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Knowledge can only be limited. Ignorance is boundless. In recognizing our ignorance, we will touch that which is boundless
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Plain intellectual thinking is the peak of ignorance because all that you will know is to play with a few aspects and make others look like fools
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If your ignorance doesn't make you suffer, then what's the use of me? It takes a lot to come out of the trap of ignorance
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What you call as "my body" is something that you have gathered, what is the big deal about giving it back? you are making it such a big deal because you are so identified with the things you have gathered, you have become that. This is the essence of ignorance.
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The intelligence of ignorance is a much bigger possibility than accumulation of knowledge, because knowledge is always limited, but ignorance is limitless
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Things that should be a solution to enhance our lives and make them easy, we are turning them into a problem
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The essence of ignorance/ pain/ misery/ suffering is that you believe yourself to be something that you are not. This is the essence of the chattering mind
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Do not go searching for a Guru. When the pain of ignorance within you becomes a scream, a Guru will come in search of you
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