Ignorance means a lack of information and knowledge. A person in this state is called ignorant. They say ignorance is bliss, which means if you don't know about something, you don't have to worry about it. But to know nothing is dangerous and sometimes deadly. May these quotes about ignorance and stupidity provide you with helpful insights about ignorance.
1. “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” – Walter Cronkite
2. “To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.” – Lao Tzu
3. “Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.” – Steve Jobs
4. “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
5. “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Daniel J. Boorstin
6. “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” – Harlan Ellison
7. “Living is easy with eyes closed.” – John Lennon
8. “There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.” – G.K. Chesterton
9. “There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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10. “Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
11. “All things truly wicked start from innocence.” – Ernest Hemingway
12. “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” – James Baldwin
13. “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” – Charles Darwin
14. “Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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15. “Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.” – Plato
16. “If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.” – Victor Cousin
17. “A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” – Saul Bellow
18. “Ignorance is the parent of fear.” – Herman Melville
19. “A man is responsible for his ignorance.” – Milan Kundera
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20. “There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.” – Hippocrates
21. “Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.” – Winston Churchill
22. “A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.” – Daniel Handler
23. “The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
24. “Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.” – Oscar Wilde
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25. “He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.” – Voltaire
26. “Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. It all stems from ignorance.” – Jim Rohn
27. “Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.” – Michel de Montaigne
28. “Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.” – Anonymous
29. “A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.” – Moliere
30. “Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.” – Aldous Huxley
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31. “It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.” – Voltaire
32. “I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.” – Cicero
33. “Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith. Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.” – Robert G. Ingersoll
34. “Until you can ignore ignorance, neglect negativity, and disregard disrespect, you’re not ready for the next level. Success isn’t for the weak.” – Anonymous
35. “Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering.” – Becca Fitzpatrick
36. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” – Wayne Dyer
37. “Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.” – Dalai Lama
38. “Ignorance is always afraid of change.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
39. “Most people are drowning in their delusional ignorance without knowing that their suffering was created by themselves.” – Jakusho Kwong Roshi
40. “Only a blind man can easily define what light is. When you do not know, you are bold. Ignorance is always bold; knowledge hesitates. And the more you know, the more you feel that the ground underneath is dissolving. The more you know, the more you feel how ignorant you are.” – Osho
41. “Awaken from ignorance so that you may live your dreams.” – ATGW
42. “Fear always springs from ignorance.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
43. “Whoever said ignorance is bliss must have died a horrible death with a really surprised look on his face.” – Lisa Shearin
44. “Don’t let anyone’s ignorance, hate, drama or negativity stop you from being the best person you can be.” – Anonymous
45. “Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.” – Jay Bylsma
46. “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.” – Noam Chomsky
47. “Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.” – Lois McMaster Bujold
48. “Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.” – Jasper Fforde
49. “Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture.” – Robert Fulghum
50. “A wise man makes his own decisions, but an ignorant man mindlessly follows the crowd.” – Chinese Proverb
51. “Ignorance, as they say, is usually fatal, but sometimes it can be bliss.” – Eoin Colfer
52. “Ignorance should not be tolerated. It isn't worthy of our understanding or sympathy.” – Ethan Hunter
53. “The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, pride, and annoyance.” – Samuel Butler
54. “The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.” – Elbert Hubbard
55. “Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.” – Frank Dane
56. “Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.” – Thomas Jefferson
57. “Ignorance never settles a question.” – Benjamin Disraeli
58. “Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.” – James Anthony Froude
59. “Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” – Will Rogers
60. “To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.” – Ann Plato
61. “Ignorance speaks loudly, so as to be heard; but its volume proves reason to doubt every word.” – Wes Fessler
62. “Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has never heard of.” – Ralph B. Perry
63. “I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.” – Khalil Gibran
64. “Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.” – Horace Mann
65. “Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.” – Publilius Syrus
66. “Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.” – Confucius
67. “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.” – Terry Pratchett
68. “Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.” – Plato
69. “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison
70. “Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.” – Thomas Paine
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2. “To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.” – Lao Tzu
3. “Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.” – Steve Jobs
4. “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
5. “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Daniel J. Boorstin
6. “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” – Harlan Ellison
7. “Living is easy with eyes closed.” – John Lennon
8. “There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.” – G.K. Chesterton
9. “There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
11. “All things truly wicked start from innocence.” – Ernest Hemingway
12. “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” – James Baldwin
13. “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” – Charles Darwin
14. “Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.” – Mahatma Gandhi
16. “If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.” – Victor Cousin
17. “A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” – Saul Bellow
18. “Ignorance is the parent of fear.” – Herman Melville
19. “A man is responsible for his ignorance.” – Milan Kundera
21. “Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.” – Winston Churchill
22. “A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.” – Daniel Handler
23. “The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
24. “Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.” – Oscar Wilde
26. “Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. It all stems from ignorance.” – Jim Rohn
27. “Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.” – Michel de Montaigne
28. “Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.” – Anonymous
29. “A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.” – Moliere
30. “Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.” – Aldous Huxley
More Quotes on Ignorance
31. “It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.” – Voltaire
32. “I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.” – Cicero
33. “Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith. Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.” – Robert G. Ingersoll
34. “Until you can ignore ignorance, neglect negativity, and disregard disrespect, you’re not ready for the next level. Success isn’t for the weak.” – Anonymous
35. “Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering.” – Becca Fitzpatrick
36. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” – Wayne Dyer
37. “Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.” – Dalai Lama
38. “Ignorance is always afraid of change.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
39. “Most people are drowning in their delusional ignorance without knowing that their suffering was created by themselves.” – Jakusho Kwong Roshi
40. “Only a blind man can easily define what light is. When you do not know, you are bold. Ignorance is always bold; knowledge hesitates. And the more you know, the more you feel that the ground underneath is dissolving. The more you know, the more you feel how ignorant you are.” – Osho
41. “Awaken from ignorance so that you may live your dreams.” – ATGW
42. “Fear always springs from ignorance.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
43. “Whoever said ignorance is bliss must have died a horrible death with a really surprised look on his face.” – Lisa Shearin
44. “Don’t let anyone’s ignorance, hate, drama or negativity stop you from being the best person you can be.” – Anonymous
45. “Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.” – Jay Bylsma
46. “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.” – Noam Chomsky
47. “Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.” – Lois McMaster Bujold
48. “Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.” – Jasper Fforde
49. “Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture.” – Robert Fulghum
50. “A wise man makes his own decisions, but an ignorant man mindlessly follows the crowd.” – Chinese Proverb
51. “Ignorance, as they say, is usually fatal, but sometimes it can be bliss.” – Eoin Colfer
52. “Ignorance should not be tolerated. It isn't worthy of our understanding or sympathy.” – Ethan Hunter
53. “The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, pride, and annoyance.” – Samuel Butler
54. “The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.” – Elbert Hubbard
55. “Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.” – Frank Dane
56. “Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.” – Thomas Jefferson
57. “Ignorance never settles a question.” – Benjamin Disraeli
58. “Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.” – James Anthony Froude
59. “Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” – Will Rogers
60. “To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.” – Ann Plato
61. “Ignorance speaks loudly, so as to be heard; but its volume proves reason to doubt every word.” – Wes Fessler
62. “Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has never heard of.” – Ralph B. Perry
63. “I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.” – Khalil Gibran
64. “Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.” – Horace Mann
65. “Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.” – Publilius Syrus
66. “Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.” – Confucius
67. “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.” – Terry Pratchett
68. “Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.” – Plato
69. “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison
70. “Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.” – Thomas Paine
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