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Seven Statements about Ignorance
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.* ~Saul Bellow (1915–2005)
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)
Genuine ignorance is more profitable because likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open-mindedness; while ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with a varnish waterproof to new ideas.* ~John Dewey (1859–1952)
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.* ~Sir William Osler (1849–1919)
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. ~Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915)
To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of ignorance. ~Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
