painful knowledge is better than blissful ignorance

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

— Sheryl Sandberg

“How can I do better?" "What am I doing that I don't know?" "What am I not doing that I don't see?" These questions…

— Sheryl Sandberg

But then, the flames of a fire are not made less painful by the knowledge that others are burning with you.

— Karen Maitland

“He'd wanted to track down and personally injure anyone who had ever done harm to her or made her unhappy. He'd tortured himself with…

— Margaret Atwood

I'd been blindsided with the most painful knowledge: the first man to ever say he loved me had never loved me at all. His…

— Charlaine Harris

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…

— Ellar Coltrane

And just as I begin to believe that all is well, there is some subtle change in the light. The room takes its true…

— Libba Bray

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

— Stephen Fry

“We were stuck between the blissful ignorance of childhood and the cold, hard truth of adulthood. The”

— Carina Adams

Close your eyes, lie to yourself, live in blissful ignorance, cause it is smarter way to exist

— Persona 4

Only thanks to blissful ignorance, and the inspiration of my grandparents' story, did I actually believe tackling a novel would be an easy task.…

— Kristina McMorris

“Call it blind faith" "Or blissful ignorance." - ppg 221”

— Annabel Pitcher

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

“Though I would say this: if you are very fortunate, you will live long enough in this life to achieve a complete and blissful…

— Nigel McDowell

“So long as we do not depend on the facts entirely, incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance. --Egwene al'Vere”

— Brandon Sanderson