Nothing is as terrible to see as ignorance in action. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. Isaac Asimov
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. James Baldwin
Behind every argument is someone’s ignorance. Robert Benchley
Art hath an enemy called ignorance. Ben Jonson
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. Anatole France
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge. Alfred North Whitehead
Ignorance is always afraid of change. Jawaharlal Nehru
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance. Percy Bysshe Shelley
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge. Enrico Fermi
I prefer the discipline of knowledge to the chaos of ignorance. David Ogilvy
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. Karl Popper
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star. Confucius
My whole career can be summed up with ‘Ignorance is bliss.’ When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing. Jeff Foxworthy
It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t. Mignon McLaughlin
I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance. Harold Macmillan
Ignorance and obscurantism have never produced anything other than flocks of slaves for tyranny. Emiliano Zapata
There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence. Robert G Ingersoll
His ignorance is encyclopaedic. Abba Eban
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. Socrates
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. Mark Twain
To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. Amos Bronson Alcott
Ignorance is the mother of admiration. George Chapman
If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth. A P Herbert