Quotes About Ignorance Is Bliss

“Ignorance is bliss, except when it hurts”

— Paul Knott

“Ignorance is bliss until one confronts it.”

— C.B. Smith

“There are certain delicate illusions that make life bearable. Love, in its most pure and pathetic form, the one before we get to genuinely know the person we love, is one of them. Ignorance is bliss, and the less you know, the more you love, the less you have, the more you want.
We all miss the most the things we never had.”

— Cristian Mihai

“Becoming aware of the intense suffering of billions of animals, and of our own participation in that suffering, can bring up painful emotions: sorrow and grief for the animals; anger at the injustice and deception of the system; despair at the enormity of the problem; fear that trusted authorities and institutions are, in fact, untrustworthy; and guilt for having contributed to the problem. Bearing witness means choosing to suffer. Indeed, empathy is literally 'feeling with.' Choosing to suffer is particularly difficult in a culture that is addicted to comfort
a culture that teaches that pain should be avoided whenever possible and that ignorance is bliss. We can reduce our resistance to witnessing by valuing authenticity over personal pleasure, and integration over ignorance.”

— Melanie Joy

“Ignorance is bliss, but Enlightenment is nirvana”

— Alejandro C. Estrada

“Ignorance is bliss, right? Well, knowledge is misery. And the truth hurts.”

— Mia Asher

“But I wouldn't tell them a thing. The less they knew, the better. I was positive of that. Ignorance is bliss, and the opposite of ignorance is the opposite of bliss.”

— Katie Alender

“Ignorance is bliss”

— Thomas Gray

“What is it you do, then? I'll tell you: You leave out whatever doesn't suit you. As the author himself has done before you. Just as you leave things out of your dreams and fantasies. By leaving things out, we bring beauty and excitement into the world. We evidently handle our reality by effecting some sort of compromise with it, an in-between state where the emotions prevent each other from reaching their fullest intensity, graying the colors somewhat. Children who haven't yet reached that point of control are both happier and unhappier than adults who have. And yes, stupid people also leave things out, which is why ignorance is bliss. So I propose, to begin with, that we try to love each other as if we were characters in a novel who have met in the pages of a book. Let's in any case leave off all the fatty tissue that plumps up reality.”

— Robert Musil

“That is normal ... To be afraid. Do not let anyone tell you any different. No one can ever say that what you feel is right or wrong, or pointless or unworthy of your time. That is a truth for you to decide. Ignorance is bliss, but there comes a time when you must open your eyes and face the truth-when you must be honest with yourself.”

— Kelseyleigh Reber

“What if?..
What if I am all to see?
What if life is only this? And Ignorance is bliss?
What if love is only pain? And nothing can be gained by living everyday
And there is no better way?
What then?”

— Melody Carlson

“Some say ignorance is bliss, I say love is.”

— Julieanne O'Connor

“Ignorance might be bliss for the ignorant, but for the rest of us it's a right fucking pain in the arse”

— Ricky Gervais

“I guess ignorance is bliss - when I do interviews people always say, "Aren't you upset that people make fun of you?" and I'm like, "Are they making fun of me?" I guess I just don't get it.”

— Pamela Anderson

“- That may be better left unsaid. No, ignorance is bliss, perhaps, - Utsurigi said without any shyness, - Still, you are quite gloomy. Despite those dead-fish eyes of yours.
- Saying they are like dead fish is a bit much. The Professor said "good eyes".
- Good eyes they are. Truly impressive levels of rotting.”

— NisiOisiN

“Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss.”

— Cesar Nascimento

“People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Whoever said ignorance is bliss must have died a horrible death with a really surprised look on his face.”

— Lisa Shearin

“Alice, you might be the product of the biggest ball of ignorance, confidence, and good fortune the universe has ever manufactured. But if you're thinking that you can take your results at the virtual tables and your grand tactic of Ignorance Is Bliss, and make that work for the Main Event, forget it-it WON'T.”

— Elle Lothlorien

“Anyway, there are two tentative solutions for getting rid of selfishness - both involving a stoic casting - off of the thin tenuous little identity which I love and cherish so dearly - and being confident that, once on the other side, I shall never miss my own little ambitions for my conceited self, but shall be content in serving the ambitions of my mate, or of a society, or cause. (Yet I will not, I cannot accept any of those solutions. Why? Stubborn selfish pride. I will not make what is inevitable easier for my-self by the blinding ignorance-is-bliss "losing-and-finding" theory. Oh, no! I will go, eyes open, into my torture, and remain fully cognizant, unwinking, while they cut and stitch and lop off my cherished malignant organs.) So much for selflove: I carry it with me like a dear cancerous relative - to be disposed of only when desperation sets in.”

— Sylvia Plath

“I've always been an advocate of knowledge is power, but at the moment I'm favouring ignorance is bliss”

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

“Ignorance is bliss was bull. Melody had been ignorant her whole life, and things were far from blissful. It was time to give knowledge is power a try.”

— Lisi Harrison

“Knowledge is Power. Ignorance is Bliss. But curiosity-even if it had killed the cat-is king.”

— Kim Harrison

“I pulled him close. "You can try your best. The only problem is after this is all over with reality is going to be waiting for me."
He took my shirt off and tossed it over his shoulder pulling me down on the couch. He kissed me again, biting at my lip. "Ignorance is bliss.”

— Holly Hood

“Now, as I look around at a room filled not only with boxes but plenty of its own marks, I want to know the stories behind them. Or rather, a part of me wants to know those stories. The other part of me thinks that's the worst idea in the world, but I don't listen to that part. Ignorance may be bliss, but only if it outweighs curiosity. Curiosity is a gateway drug to sympathy, Da's warning echoes in my head, and I know; but there are no Histories here to feel sympathy for. Which is exactly why the Archive wouldn't approve. They don't approve of any form of recreational reading.”

— Victoria Schwab

“The reason God exists is because ignorance is bliss, and God is true bliss.”

— Lionel Suggs

“Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.”

— Kin Hubbard

“Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.”

— Adam Pascal

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

— David Levithan

“Ignorance is bliss, or so we're told. Personally, I find ignorance is also destiny.”

— Gayle Lynds

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

— Thomas Gray

“I'm a believer in 'Ignorance is bliss.'”

— Julianna Margulies

“Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.”

— Paul Davies

“The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss.”

— Deepak Chopra

“When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.”

— David Eddings

“I stop reading after half an hour. I've had enough. Humanity has hit a brick wall. We're facing our end, like the dinosaurs millions of years before us. The only difference is we've got journalists on hand to document every blow and setback, cataloguing our rapid, painful downfall in vibrant, vicious detail. Personally, I think the dinosaurs had the better deal. When it comes to impending, unavoidable extinction, ignorance is bliss.”

— Darren Shan

“My whole career can be summed up with 'Ignorance is bliss.' When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

“The bliss that comes from ignorance should seldom be encouraged for it is likely to do one out of a more satisfying bliss.”

— Ruth Stout

“They that believe that ignorance is bliss, are ignorant and have never known bliss.”

— Ryan Miller

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

— Stephen Fry

“If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face.”

— Zack De La Rocha

“Ask Anthony Hopkins how he makes his characters come to life and he just shrugs. I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't be able to do it. As they say: Where ignorance is bliss it's folly to be wise.”

— Larry Eisenberg

“If ignorance is bliss, why isn't the world happier?”

— Mark Twain

“Somebody else's ignorance is bliss.”

— Jack Vance

“I envy your ignorance, I hear that it's bliss.”

— Ani DiFranco

“Ignorance is bliss-Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions.”

— Stephen Colbert

“Ignorance is indeed bliss, but it is also dangerous and embarrassing.”

— Ted Nugent

“They say ignorance is bliss ... they're wrong”

— Franz Kafka

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

— Thomas Jefferson

“If ignorance is bliss, it's cuz she's never heard of this ...”

— LeCrae