If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face... — Zack de la Rocha
Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge. — Elif Safak
You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. — Joan Baez
Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance. — Jim Rohn
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
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves. — Donald James
Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some. — Adam Pascal
All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one. — Henry Mitchell
I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. — Nancy Reagan
Ignorance Is Bliss Quotes
Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way. It doesn't matter what anyone else says. This feeling is so good that it cannot be ignored. I'm going to follow my bliss and act upon this glorious sensation of joy. — Wayne Dyer
But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance. — Sheryl Sandberg
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? — Thomas Jefferson
The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
If ignorance is bliss, why isn't the world happier? — Mark Twain
Being # IGNORANT is not so much a SHAME, as being UNWILLING to LEARN to do things THE # RIGHT WAY. — Shiv Khera
Ignorance is not bliss -- ignorance is ignorance. — Unknown
People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.
To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own. — Thomas Gray
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world? — Stephen Fry
Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. — Thomas Gray
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
Ignorance Is Not Bliss Quotes
Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light and chains to liberty. The more true information we can acquire, the better for our enfranchisement. — Robert Hugh Benson
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is brutal. The brutality of ignorance is such that it will make you dead while alive. — Jaggi Vasudev
Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion. — Philip Wylie
Weak people revenge, strong people forgive, intelligent people ignore.
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
Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise! — George Ade
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
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 you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people jumping up and down for joy. — Unknown
Knowledge is Power. Ignorance is Bliss. But curiosity—even if it had killed the cat—is king. — Kim Harrison
If ignorance is bliss, it's cuz she's never heard of this... — LeCrae
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article. — Tehyi Hsieh
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
Love Ignorance Quotes
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. — William Arthur Ward
Accumulating knowledge is a form of avarice and lends itself to another version of the Midas story ...man [is] so avid for knowledge that everything that he touches turns to facts; his faith becomes theology; his love becomes lechery; his wisdom becomes science; pursuing meaning, he ignores truth. — Malcolm Muggeridge
In our universe there is God and there are people and things. We were made so that we should worship God, love people and use things. However if we worship ourselves, we will ignore God, start loving things and begin to use people. — Warren W. Wiersbe
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
You can love me or hate me but.. you can’t ignore me — Shahrukh Khan
I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand. — Talib Kweli
Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves. — Naval Ravikant
Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it. — Natalie Imbruglia
I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity. — Gilda Radner
Every time you date someone with an issue that you have to work to ignore, you're settling. — Andre Breton
More Ignorant Bliss Quotes
If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face... — Zack de la Rocha
Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge. — Elif Safak
You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. — Joan Baez
Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance. — Jim Rohn
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
Ignorance is bliss. — English Proverbs
The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves. — Donald James
Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some. — Adam Pascal
All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one. — Henry Mitchell
I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. — Nancy Reagan
Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way. It doesn't matter what anyone else says. This feeling is so good that it cannot be ignored. I'm going to follow my bliss and act upon this glorious sensation of joy. — Wayne Dyer
But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance. — Sheryl Sandberg
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? — Thomas Jefferson
If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister — Blaise Pascal
If ignorance is bliss, why isn't the world happier? — Mark Twain
Being # IGNORANT is not so much a SHAME, as being UNWILLING to LEARN to do things THE # RIGHT WAY. — Shiv Khera
To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise. — Thomas Gray
Ignorance is not bliss -- ignorance is ignorance. — Unknown
To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own. — Thomas Gray
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world? — Stephen Fry
Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. — Thomas Gray
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
Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light and chains to liberty. The more true information we can acquire, the better for our enfranchisement. — Robert Hugh Benson
When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom. — David Eddings
They say ignorance is bliss.... they're wrong — Franz Kafka
I thought I knew everything about love and relationships in my 20s, the ignorance of youth is bliss. As you get older, you start to realise that you don't really know anything and life is a great traveling journey. Life is unexpected...you just never know whats going to happen. — Reese Witherspoon
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is brutal. The brutality of ignorance is such that it will make you dead while alive. — Jaggi Vasudev
Gardening requires lots of water... most of it in the form of perspiration. — Louise Erickson
Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion. — Philip Wylie
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
Ignorance is bliss. Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions. — Stephen Colbert
Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise! — George Ade
The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be believed only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance, called faith. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die. — Sivananda
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
The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom. — Kahlil Gibran
Go your way. Forget Prometheus, And all the woe that he is doom'd to bear; By his own choice this vile estate preferring To ignorant bliss and unfelt slavery. — Hartley Coleridge
People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant. — John Simon
Ignorance is kind of bliss. — Jackie DeShannon
No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address that suffering while remaining in a blissful center. — Marianne Williamson
Somebody else's ignorance is bliss. — Jack Vance
When you forget to eat, you know you're alive. — Henry James
Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever. — Sathya Sai Baba
The Beatles are dying in the wrong order. — Victor Lewis-Smith
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