If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Asimov, Isaac

Arguments seem futile to me, for behind every argument I have ever heard lies the astounding ignorance of someone.
Brandeis, Justice Louis D

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
Chesterfield, Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact
Eliot, George

There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

The most violent element in society is ignorance.
Goldman, Emma

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

When I enter into an argument with someone, often over politics or religion, I prefer to think that I’m not so much challenging their beliefs, which everyone has a right to have, but I’m challenging their ignorance, which left untouched only breeds more ignorance, hatred and foolishness, thus “I am not challenging your beliefs, but your ignorance” is a good phrase to take with you into any debate.
Howard, Geoff

Indeed, the final outcome of decisions that are well-meaning, informed, and intelligent can be disastrous. However, few would argue that this is a good reason to be malevolent, uninformed or stupid.
Kahn, Herman

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
King, Jr, Dr. Martin Luther

Ignorance is the mother of all bad habits
Proverb, Portuguese

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.
Quillen, Robert

There is only one good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance.
Socrates

It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance
Taylor, Elizabeth

When I was a boy of 14 my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learnt in seven years.
Twain, Mark

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?
Unknown

The confidence of ignorance will always overcome indecision of knowledge
Unknown

Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.
Wilde, Oscar