Ignorance Is Not Bliss Quotes

• Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance.

  Jim Rohn

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Tragedy

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 31, 2016

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• The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

  Wayne Dyer

  Karma, Clever, Ignorance

  "Open Letter to Michelle Duggar - Ignorance is Not Bliss" by Mary J. Moss, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 22, 2014.

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• Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Learning, Ignorance

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is brutal. The brutality of ignorance is such that it will make you dead while alive.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• Ignorance is not bliss. Bliss is knowing the full meaning of what you have been given.

  David Levithan

  Ignorance, Knowing, Bliss

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.10, Egmont UK

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• If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

  Derek Bok

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  Attributed in Paul Dickson, The Official Rules (1978). An earlier occurrence, without attribution to any individual, was in Wash. Post, 6 Oct. 1975.

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• For entrepreneurs, ignorance is not bliss. It's fatal. It's costly. And it's for losers. You either get organized, or get crushed.

  Donald Trump

  Ignorance, Entrepreneur, Loser

  FaceBook post by Donald J. Trump from Jan 27, 2014

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

  Thomas Jefferson

  Truth, Freedom, Ignorance

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• Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise!

  George Ade

  Wise, Ignorance, Bliss

  George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”

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  The more you know the less you need to say.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 30, 2017

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• Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

  Hyman Rickover

  Mistake, Ignorance, Long

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• The unexamined life is not worth living.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  In Plato 'Apology' 38a

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  The most violent element in society is ignorance.

  Emma Goldman

  Peace, Educational, Book

  Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism and Other Essays”, p.33, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

  Charles Darwin

  Positive, Confidence, Ignorance

  Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.33, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Ignorance is not innocence but sin.

  Robert Browning

  Inspirational, Ignorance, Purity And Innocence

  'The Inn Album' (1875) canto 5

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  The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Inspiring, Education, Wisdom

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Being #‎ IGNORANT is not so much a SHAME, as being UNWILLING to LEARN to do things THE #‎ RIGHT WAY.

  Shiv Khera

  Ignorance, Ignorant, Way

  FaceBook post by Shiv Khera from Jan 26, 2015

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• Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion.

  Philip Wylie

  Ignorance, Determined, Kind

  "Generation of Vipers". Book by Philip Wylie, 1942.

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• Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.

  Victoria Principal

  Ignorance, Bliss, Cases

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• Ignorance is not bliss. It is the kiss of death.

  Suzy Kassem

  Ignorance, Kissing, Bliss

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them.

  Anna Quindlen

  Trust, Stupid, Book

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• I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Wisdom, War, Believe

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• Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Ignorance, Stupidity, Political

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• 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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• 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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