He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
She's in that state of mind that she wants to deny something -only she doesn't know what to deny! — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Marriage is memory, marriage is time. Marriage is not only time: it is also, parodoxically, the denial of time. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
When I found out I was having twins, I was even in denial that I was pregnant. When I found out I… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
“Behaviorism entails the systematic denial of meaning, a denial which does violence to both the evidence and the everyday experience of humanity.” — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
Christ and his teachings are the embodiment of submission, of inertia, of the denial of life; hence responsible for the things done… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
No matter how many times I tell myself I'm over you, I always still find myself thinking about you... — Emily Hurst Copy Share Image
I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways. — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
When you are surrounded by something so big that requires you to change everything about the way you think and see the… — Paul Gilding Copy Share Image
I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
Materialism means simply the denial that the moral order is eternal, and the cutting off of ultimate hopes; spiritualism means theaffirmation of… — William James Copy Share Image
That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior…I think Obama gets up every morning with a worldview that is fundamentally… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“To be alone with myself in the space of silence is horrifying, for I know with the utmost certainty that in that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I surely don't think ignorance is bliss. But like everything else that has survived thousands of years of human evolution, ignorance -… — Scott Spencer Copy Share Image
Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds.… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
If someone tells you that George Bush is not the 43rd president of the United States, they might be engaged in wishful… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Cease lying to yourself and stop telling yourself stories about why you behave the way you do. Stop blaming your behavior on… — Sheri Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“When a memory fails to appear, it seems as though the time when it was created did not really exist, and maybe… — Cees Nooteboom Copy Share Image
“Are designations congruent with things? Is language the adequate expression of all realities? It is only by means of forgetfulness that man… — Friedrich Neitzsche Copy Share Image
He said that people who loved [animals] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“In her book claiming that allegations of ritualistic abuse are mostly confabulations, La Fontaine’s (1998) comparison of social workers to ‘nazis’ shows… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
We should celebrate variety rather than conformity and allow people to express themselves. That we don't is more of our denial. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
No more lies! No more denies! And no more goodbyes! After being hurt and bruised for so long, you realize that the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Denial and the desire to self-destruct are elemental cousins; mining one yields the other in equal proportion.” — Domenica Ruta Copy Share Image
It is the idea that all order must be explained by a functioning mind at the helm, not its denial, that has… — Julian Sanchez Copy Share Image
In the Catholic tradition, the idea of giving something up on a Friday - the act of self denial - has always… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
“Why do you fight it?" I whisper. "Because this is wrong. I lost my head for a moment. I'd blame the alcohol… — N. Michaels Copy Share Image
Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To display one's talents is not an objectionable subject. However, denial of others' talents is tantamount to denying yourself.” — Ehsan Sehgal Copy Share Image
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God. — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
Is war perhaps nothing else but a need to face death, to conquer and master it, to come out of it alive… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self). — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
People will choose to blame their circumstances on fate or bad luck. Very few will admit its mainly the choices they have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can't pretend that certain negative things didn't happen to you.You can't be set free while living in denial. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
“Oh, because you’re an alcoholic.” Only when I heard those words did it filter through my own denial. Only then did I… — David W Earle Copy Share Image
The first step in the risk management process is to acknowledge the reality of risk. Denial is a common tactic that substitutes… — Charles Tremper Copy Share Image
“Go ahead, look at the message. You know you want to.” “No, it doesn’t matter.” “Then why do you keep staring at… — Victoria Michaels Copy Share Image