Quotes About Rationalization

It's too hard for people to accept. The weak-minded invent invisible gods and gardens and reunions in paradise. Or some. like you, won't buy unto that nonsense, but it's still too painful to admit the truth. So you come up with this 'how can we know?' rationale.

The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things they don't want to see. But the surviving victims can never forget. They can't turn away. Their memories are passed on from parent to child. That's what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.

The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things they don't want to see. But the surviving victims can never forget. They can't turn away. Their memories are passed on from parent to child. That's what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.

The ones with no imagination are always the quickest to justify themselves

Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing.

Once you feel jealous, you will justify all your wrong actions, because it clouds your discrimination, it clouds your wisdom.

to see passion in every crime, and use that passion to excuse it.

People will do whatever they can to keep their illusions intact," he said. "Then they justify it with a philosophy.

With all the justifications I have had in place, telling the truth under certain circumstances was in my universe no different than telling a lie or withholding.

They'll kill you in a minute rather than deal with truth. It's more convenient because then they can forget about it and rationalize your death.

There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.

The most lies we will ever tell in our lives will be to ourselves.

I have great respect for the corrosive influence of bias, systematic distortions of thought, the power of rationalization, the guises of self-interest, and the inevitability of unintended consequences.

The larger the number of people involved, the easier it was for them to delude themselves that what they were doing must be smart.

I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I'm learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life. - Such as? - Procrastination and rationalization.

Evil is never done so thoroughly or so well as when it is done with a good conscience.

Sometimes I wanted to believe something so badly, I deliberately manufactured excuses and ignored painful reality.

Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.

Justifying a fault doubles it.

Integrity doesn't stop men from killing, Brightness," Sebarial said. "It just makes them use different justifications.

Very few people can handle being held accountable without rationalizing, blaming, or shutting down;

Here's what's interesting—especially for those who automatically think, You should feel like a terrible friend! or A little shame will help you keep your act together next time. When we feel shame, we are most likely to protect ourselves by blaming something or someone, rationalizing our lapse, offering a disingenuous apology, or hiding out.

Self-justification is a treacherous servant.

With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.