Quotes About Denial

Le rationalisme d'une grenouille au fond d'un puits, c'est de nier l'existence des montagnes, ce qui peut être «logique», mais n'a rien à voir avec la réalité. [The rationalism of a frog living at the bottom of a well is to deny the existence of mountains: perhaps this is "logic", but it has nothing to do with reality]

When one denies the supernatural it is unwise to hold forth on matters that have no meaning without it or to busy oneself with the psychology of those who accept it.

As for enlightenment, that's just for people who can't face reality.

To him, Buddhism was not a spiritual practice or a religion. It was simply a practical approach to real life that neither denied the spiritual side of things nor held that spirituality was better or nobler than the material side of life. Whereas

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

Humans can see the world as it is not. It is why your lies can be so strong. You are able to not admit that they are lies.

If there was one thing Kelsier was good at, it was lying to himself.

Instead, he gripped her forearm. "Why, Jasnah? Why have you always denied me?" "Other than the fact that you are a detestable buffoon who achieves only the lowest level of mediocrity, as it is the best your limited mind can imagine? I can't possibly think of a reason.

Abandon the guilt," Prof said. "Abandon the denial. Steelheart did this to her. He's our goal. That has to be your focus. We don't have time for grief; we only have time for vengeance.

I tried my best to hide this , the Stormfather said. "So we could continue living a lie?" It is, in my experience, the thing men do best.

If I pretend Ã¢â'¬Â¦ If I pretend I didn't do those things, it means that I can't have grown to become someone else.

I don't think so. Beth didn't get any presents.

But what we know now is that when we deny our emotion, it owns us. When we own our emotion, we can rebuild and find our way through the pain.

Courage is forged in pain, but not in all pain. Pain that is denied or ignored becomes fear or hate.

When we deny our stories and disengage from tough emotions, they don't go away; instead, they own us, they define us.

Too much twee emotional expression--too many claims like, "Everything is awesome," or "I just never really feel angry or upset," or "If you're just positive, you can turn that frown upside down,"--often masks real pain and hurt. These behaviors are as much red flags as brooding and anger are....Being all light is as dangerous as being all dark, simply because denial of emotion is what feeds the dark.

denial of emotion is what feeds the dark.

This ability to opt out of suffering and injustice or pretend everything is okay is the core of privilege: Today I choose not to acknowledge what's happening around me because it's too hard. The goal is to get to the place where we can think, I am aware of what's happening, the part I play, and how I can make it better, and that doesn't mean I have to deny the joy in my life.

Being all light is as dangerous as being all dark, simply because denial of emotion is what feeds the dark.

Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice.

Rationalization begins with a look in the mirror.

I'm afraid I am hopelessly, furiously envious of all those who will continue to live when I am dead. I am equally embarrassed and terrified by the thought. I try to deny it, but it recurs with increasing frequency the older I get.

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Men are often childish and vain, although they deny it. - Marianne Falk