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21 thought-provoking quotes about ignorance

03/13/2025 by

If quotes about ignorance are what you seek, this post is for you.

To be ignorant, one lacks education and knowledge. Therefore, ignorance implies a lack of awareness.

Additionally, it means that we are unaware of information and facts.

Also, it means we lack an understanding and/or appreciation of other people and their ways.

It can also mean that we deliberately ignore or disregard what’s going on around us and the impact of our actions on other people and society.

It can also imply technical ignorance, whereby we’re unaware of how something is done or should be done.

So today I offer you 21 thought-provoking quotes about ignorance to help you reflect a little more on its significance and why we should avoid it.

Being ignorant reflects badly on us generally, and it should never be seen as a badge of honour.

Ignorance goes together with stupidity, and that’s not something of which we can be proud.

The cure for ignorance is education, and that’s a lifelong process.

You don’t have to go to college or university, but you must educate yourself constantly to hone your skills and avoid making stupid mistakes through ignorance.

An investment in your education will pay the best dividends. That is a fact.

Quotes about ignorance (1-10):

  1. Ignorance is never better than knowledge. ~Enrico Fermi
  2. There is no darkness but ignorance. ~William Shakespeare
  3. Ignorance is the mother of all evils. ~Francois Rabelais
  4. Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. ~Plato
  5. Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. ~Confucius
  6. Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance. ~William Gaddis
  7. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. ~Jeff Rich
  8. There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. ~Hippocrates
  9. Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~Martin Luther King, Jr
  10. Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw

Quotes about ignorance (11-21):

  1. Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. ~ Clement Stone
  2. Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. ~William Penn
  3. The truest characteristics of ignorance are vanity, pride and arrogance. ~Samuel Butler
  4. The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. ~Albert Camus
  5. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. ~Winston Churchill
  6. Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument is an exchange of ignorance. ~Robert Quillen
  7. Ignorance is by far the biggest danger and threat to humankind. ~Moza bint Nasser
  8. It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t. ~Mignon McLaughlin
  9. You can rule ignorance; you can manipulate the illiterate; you can do whatever you want when people are uneducated, so that goes in line with corrupt business and corrupt politics. ~Will.i.am
  10. Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. ~Dalai Lama
  11. Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. ~L. Mencken

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