--- title: "24 People Ignorance Quotes by 23 authors" description: "Browse 24 People Ignorance quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best People Ignorance sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/benny-hinn-8776_devil_the-devil-s-success-is-contingent-upon-p_1582850.jpg" --- > [The Devil's success is contingent upon people's ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benny-hinn/the-devil-s-success-is-contingent-upon-people-s-ignorance/) [Benny Hinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benny-hinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/benny-hinn-8776_devil_the-devil-s-success-is-contingent-upon-p_1582850.jpg) > [Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/envy-comes-from-people-s-ignorance-of-or-lack-of-belief-in-their-own/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/jean-vanier-3367_belief_envy-comes-from-people-s-ignorance-of-or_2254631.png) > [“Race and religion do not separate people; ignorance does.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/race-and-religion-do-not-separate-people-ignorance-does/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/matshona-dhliwayo-52_diversity-quotes_race-and-religion-do-not-separate-people_1686034.jpg) > [The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baron-d-holbach/the-unhappiness-of-people-is-due-to-their-ignorance-of-nature/) [Baron d'Holbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baron-d-holbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/baron-d-holbach-12885_dues_the-unhappiness-of-people-is-due-to-thei_1055872.jpg) > [The real reason communal riots people are ignorance,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/the-real-reason-communal-riots-people-are-ignorance/) [Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/mak-786-30_ignorance_the-real-reason-communal-riots-people-ar_2471964.jpg) > [Politics and church are the same. They keep the people in ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-marley/politics-and-church-are-the-same-they-keep-the-people-in-ignorance/) [Bob Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-marley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/bob-marley-680_church_politics-and-church-are-the-same-they-ke_53999.jpg) > [“Only priests and politicians benefit from a people's ignorance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ki-longfellow/only-priests-and-politicians-benefit-from-a-people-s-ignorance/) [Ki Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ki-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/ki-longfellow-39719_ignorance_only-priests-and-politicians-benefit-fro_1184422.jpg) > [“You must not be hurt by other people's ignorance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-farmer/you-must-not-be-hurt-by-other-people-s-ignorance/) [Nancy Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-farmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/nancy-farmer-12001_hurt_you-must-not-be-hurt-by-other-people-s-i_1035607.png) > [It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/it-is-in-the-interest-of-tyrants-to-reduce-the-people-to-ignorance/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/samuel-adams-3491_country_it-is-in-the-interest-of-tyrants-to-redu_1350946.jpg) > [People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-mclachlan/people-s-ignorance-really-pisses-me-off-stupidity-is-when-you-can-t/) [Sarah McLachlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-mclachlan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/sarah-mclachlan-2825_ignorance_people-s-ignorance-really-pisses-me-off_1366542.jpg) > [What I do know is that disabled people shouldn't be responsible for curing non-disabled people of their ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-ayling-ellis/what-i-do-know-is-that-disabled-people-shouldn-t-be-responsible-for/) [Rose Ayling-Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-ayling-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/rose-ayling-ellis-9860_disability_what-i-do-know-is-that-disabled-people-s_2398720.jpg) > [“Ignorance was the enemy. Lies and superstition, misinformation, disinformation. Sometimes, no information at all. Ignorance killed billions of people. Ignorance caused the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-brooks/ignorance-was-the-enemy-lies-and-superstition-misinformation/) [Max Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/max-brooks-2735_ignorance_ignorance-was-the-enemy-lies-and-superst_3083393.png) > [I always did hate for anyone to know what my plans or hopes or prospects were—for, if I kept people in ignorance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-always-did-hate-for-anyone-to-know-what-my-plans-or-hopes-or/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/mark-twain-22_disappointed_i-always-did-hate-for-anyone-to-know-wha_1363422.png) > [I do sometimes accuse people of ignorance, but that is not intended to be an insult. I'm ignorant of lots of things.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-do-sometimes-accuse-people-of-ignorance-but-that-is-not-intended-to/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/richard-dawkins-115_education_i-do-sometimes-accuse-people-of-ignoranc_488939.jpg) > [The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-tax-which-will-be-paid-for-the-purpose-of-education-is-not-more/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/thomas-jefferson-43_education_the-tax-which-will-be-paid-for-the-purpo_68098.jpg) > [We ought therefore to suspect that a great mass of information respecting the Bible, and the introduction of it into the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/we-ought-therefore-to-suspect-that-a-great-mass-of-information/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/thomas-paine-267_bible_we-ought-therefore-to-suspect-that-a-gre_3144778.png) > [We should not underestimate that: the Chinese people's ignorance. Thousands of years of despotism had been such a poison that their understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-yat-sen/we-should-not-underestimate-that-the-chinese-people-s-ignorance/) [Sun Yat-sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-yat-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/sun-yat-sen-8160_chinese-people_we-should-not-underestimate-that-the-chi_783964.jpg) > [“When we give our minds and our responsibility away, we give our lives away. If enough of us do it, we give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-icke/when-we-give-our-minds-and-our-responsibility-away-we-give-our-lives/) [David Icke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-icke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/david-icke-2940_business_when-we-give-our-minds-and-our-responsib_343669.jpg) > [It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/it-is-in-the-interest-of-tyrants-to-reduce-the-people-to-ignorance-2/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/samuel-adams-3491_art_it-is-in-the-interest-of-tyrants-to-redu_2024399.jpg) > [The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sankara/the-enemies-of-a-people-are-those-who-keep-them-in-ignorance/) [Thomas Sankara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sankara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/thomas-sankara-16731_enemy_the-enemies-of-a-people-are-those-who-ke_918029.jpg) > [“Before you can dispel other people's ignorance, you should first dispel your own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-grozni/before-you-can-dispel-other-people-s-ignorance-you-should-first/) [Nikolai Grozni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolai-grozni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/nikolai-grozni-46703_ignorance_before-you-can-dispel-other-people-s-ign_960616.jpg) > [It's not a good idea to argue with ignorant people but sometime ignorance can't be ignored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-not-a-good-idea-to-argue-with-ignorant-people-but-sometime/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/anonymous-1_arguments_it-s-not-a-good-idea-to-argue-with-ignor_2210973.jpg) > [“its not a good idea to argue with ignorant people but sometime ignorance can't be ignored”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adnan-safi/its-not-a-good-idea-to-argue-with-ignorant-people-but-sometime/) [Adnan Safi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adnan-safi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/adnan-safi-216440_ignorance_its-not-a-good-idea-to-argue-with-ignora_1048746.jpg) > [“But to some people ignorance is a sleeping mask they mistake for corrective lenses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-marra/but-to-some-people-ignorance-is-a-sleeping-mask-they-mistake-for/) [Anthony Marra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-marra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/anthony-marra-7171_ignorance_but-to-some-people-ignorance-is-a-sleepi_2077971.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-ignorance/#itemlist", "name": "People Ignorance Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Devil's success is contingent upon people's ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benny Hinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benny-hinn/the-devil-s-success-is-contingent-upon-people-s-ignorance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/benny-hinn-8776_devil_the-devil-s-success-is-contingent-upon-p_1582850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/benny-hinn-8776_devil_the-devil-s-success-is-contingent-upon-p_1582850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/benny-hinn-8776_devil_the-devil-s-success-is-contingent-upon-p_1582850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Devil's success is contingent upon people's ignorance.” — Benny Hinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Vanier" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/envy-comes-from-people-s-ignorance-of-or-lack-of-belief-in-their-own/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/jean-vanier-3367_belief_envy-comes-from-people-s-ignorance-of-or_2254631.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/jean-vanier-3367_belief_envy-comes-from-people-s-ignorance-of-or_2254631.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/jean-vanier-3367_belief_envy-comes-from-people-s-ignorance-of-or_2254631.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.” — Jean Vanier", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Race and religion do not separate people; 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