Blissful Ignorance Quotes

• Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

  Thomas Gray

  Inspirational, Wise, Ignorance

  "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" l. 99 (1747)

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• I wonder why it is that when I plan a route too carefully, it goes to pieces, whereas if I blunder along in blissful ignorance aimed in a fancied direction I get through with no trouble.

  John Steinbeck

  Ignorance, Pieces, Wonder

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.73, Penguin

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

  Thomas Jefferson

  Truth, Freedom, Ignorance

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  Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

  Aldous Huxley

  Ignorance, Justice, Diversity

  Aldous Huxley (2001). “Complete Essays: 1936-1938”, Ivan R Dee

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• If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?

  Stephen Fry

  Happiness, Success, Ignorance

  "QI: Albania". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.

  Libba Bray

  Pain, Soul, Weight

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.515, Simon and Schuster

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• But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Ignorance, Painful, Leaning In

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.92, Knopf

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• Read widely of others' experiences, even if it'd be more comfortable to snuggle back in the comforting cotton-wool of blissful ignorance.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Ignorance

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• And just as I begin to believe that all is well, there is some subtle change in the light. The room takes its true shape. I fight to go back to that blissful ignorance, but it is too late. The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.

  Libba Bray

  Pain, Believe, Ignorance

  Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.515, Simon and Schuster

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• The fact that I'd never really seen myself on screen allowed for a blissful ignorance. It didn't feel like a movie. I didn't have that self-consciousness. It was a game that I was playing.

  Ellar Coltrane

  Ignorance, Games, Self

  Source: collider.com

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