--- title: "11 Know Ignorance Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Know Ignorance quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Know Ignorance sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/laozi-147_ignorance_to-know-one-s-ignorance-is-the-best-part_3122927.jpg" --- > [To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/to-know-one-s-ignorance-is-the-best-part-of-knowledge/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/laozi-147_ignorance_to-know-one-s-ignorance-is-the-best-part_3122927.jpg) > [To fight an enemy properly, you have to know what they are. Ignorance is defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/to-fight-an-enemy-properly-you-have-to-know-what-they-are-ignorance/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/greg-bear-12310_defeat_to-fight-an-enemy-properly-you-have-to-k_751083.jpg) > [To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/to-really-know-is-science-to-merely-believe-you-know-is-ignorance/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/hippocrates-2237_believe_to-really-know-is-science-to-merely-beli_1131454.jpg) > [“One of the most deadly causes of destruction of divine destinies is when a leader is failing, but he or she does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/one-of-the-most-deadly-causes-of-destruction-of-divine-destinies-is/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/israelmore-ayivor-79_bad-leader_one-of-the-most-deadly-causes-of-destruc_2521763.jpg) > [“To "know" is surprising since it merely means that you do know that there is so much that you do not know!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anandputra-ananta/to-know-is-surprising-since-it-merely-means-that-you-do-know-that/) [Anandputra Ananta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anandputra-ananta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/anandputra-ananta-84267_ignorance_to-know-is-surprising-since-it-merely-me_1484123.jpg) > [“Most ignorance is by choice, you know, and so ignorance is very telling about what really matters to people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-stanley-robinson/most-ignorance-is-by-choice-you-know-and-so-ignorance-is-very-telling/) [Kim Stanley Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-stanley-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/kim-stanley-robinson-2148_ignorance_most-ignorance-is-by-choice-you-know-and_3172056.png) > [All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-salzberg/all-beings-want-to-be-happy-yet-so-very-few-know-how-it-is-out-of/) [Sharon Salzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-salzberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/sharon-salzberg-562_causes_all-beings-want-to-be-happy-yet-so-very_2164416.png) > [“To Be a genius know your ignorance the world respects the people who say NO boldly than pretending to say YES Dr.T.V.Rao…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-be-a-genius-know-your-ignorance-the-world-respects-the-people-who/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/anonymous-1_ignorance_to-be-a-genius-know-your-ignorance-the-w_2429268.jpg) > [“Many times we are incorrect when we speak without knowing and thinking.Never forget we are what we speaking everybody listening to us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-t-v-rao-md/many-times-we-are-incorrect-when-we-speak-without-knowing-and/) [Dr.T.V.Rao MD](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-t-v-rao-md/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/dr-t-v-rao-md-25586_ignorance_many-times-we-are-incorrect-when-we-spea_1419655.jpg) > [“But even someone born and raised to be a queen can be short-sighted, maybe especially so, considering what I thought my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-s-villoso/but-even-someone-born-and-raised-to-be-a-queen-can-be-short-sighted/) [K.S. Villoso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-s-villoso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c75/k-s-villoso-29377_born-and-raised_but-even-someone-born-and-raised-to-be-a_1907452.jpg) > [What are we? Well, if you are asking me a question, I will answer you. Here it is: we are this country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-are-we-well-if-you-are-asking-me-a-question-i-will-answer-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/anonymous-1_general-assembly_what-are-we-well-if-you-are-asking-me-a_2437329.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-ignorance/#itemlist", "name": "Know Ignorance Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laozi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/to-know-one-s-ignorance-is-the-best-part-of-knowledge/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/laozi-147_ignorance_to-know-one-s-ignorance-is-the-best-part_3122927.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/laozi-147_ignorance_to-know-one-s-ignorance-is-the-best-part_3122927.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/laozi-147_ignorance_to-know-one-s-ignorance-is-the-best-part_3122927.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.” — Laozi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To fight an enemy properly, you have to know what they are. 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Dr.T.V.Rao MD”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dr.T.V.Rao MD" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-t-v-rao-md/many-times-we-are-incorrect-when-we-speak-without-knowing-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/dr-t-v-rao-md-25586_ignorance_many-times-we-are-incorrect-when-we-spea_1419655.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/dr-t-v-rao-md-25586_ignorance_many-times-we-are-incorrect-when-we-spea_1419655.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/dr-t-v-rao-md-25586_ignorance_many-times-we-are-incorrect-when-we-spea_1419655.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Many times we are incorrect when we speak without knowing and thinking.Never forget we are what we speaking…” — Dr.T.V.Rao MD", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But even someone born and raised to be a queen can be short-sighted, maybe especially so, considering what I thought my life would be and how I would end up. 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