Mother Angelica

The woman is a gentle, loving bond who encourages, consoles, builds, reconciles, and makes all things new and vibrant. The woman is strength in time of suffering, courageous in failure, intuitive in time of danger. A woman is ingenuous when all fails, resourceful in times of want, and a true helpmate for man.

American Educator

Terry Pratchett

I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have.

English Author

Jean Rostand

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

French Scientist

Walter Savage Landor

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

English Poet

Barbara Kingsolver

I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.

American Novelist

Use 'ingenuous' to describe someone's pure and simple way of thinking, like a child's.

Childlike Simplicity

'Ingenuous' suggests a person is not sly or skeptical, often refreshing in complex situations.

Not Cynical

Sometimes 'ingenuous' means someone is honest without realizing the full context.

Unintentionally Honest

Choose 'ingenuous' to praise someone's honesty, rather than their expertise or cunning.

Sincerity Over Skill

Use 'ingenuous' when someone communicates openly, without hidden meanings or agendas.

Direct Communication

Be careful not to confuse 'ingenuous' with naivety; it implies sincerity, not lack of understanding.

Not Naïve

 looking at this setup, and none of the children who were normally there, except for this one child, were there. He was, and he said, "Let me show you how this works," and they got an absolutely ingenuous, wonderful description of Logo.

Nicholas Negroponte: 5...

 Centuries ago, the Inca developed ingenuous suits of armor that could flex with the blows of sharp spears and maces, protecting warriors from even the fiercest physical attacks. These hardy structures were made not from iron or steel,