Blissful Ignorance Quotes:

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

- Thomas Gray

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

topic: Inspirational, Wise, Ignorance, Ignorance Is Bliss, Eton

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

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

topic: Ignorance, Pieces, Wonder, Blissful Ignorance

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

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Truth, Freedom, Ignorance, Ignorance Is Bliss, Blissful Ignorance

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

- Aldous Huxley

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

topic: Ignorance, Justice, Diversity, Blissful Ignorance

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

- Stephen Fry

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

topic: Ignorance, People, World, Ignorance Is Bliss, Stupidity And Ignorance

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

- Libba Bray

topic: Pain, Soul, Weight, Blissful Ignorance

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

- Sheryl Sandberg

topic: Ignorance, Painful, Leaning In, Blissful Ignorance

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Ignorance, Blissful Ignorance

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

topic: Pain, Believe, Ignorance, Blissful Ignorance

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

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Ignorance, Games, Self, Blissful Ignorance