Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
“Denial is our very real, personal response to our own trauma. But denial is the normative response to trauma—by everyone. Society may… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
Anger is generally seen as an unwelcome presence in our midst, however natural it may be. Although each person, and each society,… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
Too sick and freaked out not to want a bullet for every passer by, too sick and freaked out to breathe, too… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder whether our churches--living as we do in American death-denying culture, relentlessly smiling through our praise choruses--are inadvertently helping people… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“The signs accumulated. But I did not respond. I would not wake up. We will not wake up. This terrifying sleep of… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Closing down in the midst of pain is a denial of a man's true nature. A superior man is free in feeling… — David Deida Copy Share Image
“Not only can nobody deny the appearance of mere consciousness whose nature is other-dependent and not affected by the flaw of conceptions… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
Ninety-eight percent are boxes, which tells me that a lot of people are in denial. We live and work in boxes. People… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
You can't be sure there's not a God, so why live your life in hatred or the denial of that. It's better… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
“In the specific case of the use of the term “false memory” to describe errors in details in laboratory tasks (e.g., in… — Jennifer J. Freyd Copy Share Image
Well I'm Superman, just not action. I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.… — Brandon Routh Copy Share Image
Do what he will, he [the profane man] is an inheritor. He cannot utterly abolish his past, since he himself is a… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
“I have blogged previously about the dangerous and deadly effects of science denialism, from the innocent babies unnecessarily exposed to deadly diseases… — Donald R. Prothero Copy Share Image
We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love. I am a specialist, God help me, in events in inner space… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
“As the incidence and fear of rape on college campuses have increased, the term rape has been generalized to mean 'misuse; diminish… — Connie C. Eble Copy Share Image
The shadow of a cornstalk on the ground is lovely, but it is no denial of its loveliness to see as one… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I have Hurt Myself over and over, ensure confusion and distraction as my way of living with my Pitied self.. I fear… — Samara Visser Copy Share Image
With actors, all our ages are out there for all to see - you can't hide anything, really. And it's kind of… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
“The death of Nighteyes gutted me. I walked wounded through my life in the days that followed, unaware of just how mutilated… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Our spiritual mission is not to ignore the darkness, but to bring light TO the darkness. Ignoring darkness does not dispel it;… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Mr. Robinson and Mr. Kovite have...written a captivating coming-of-age novel that is, by turns, funny and sad and elegiac -\-\ a novel… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. Such reforms can only be effected… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them - especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
For many men the denial of dependency on their mother is repeated in their subsequent relationships, sometimes by an absence of any… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Look at every show on television; it's derivative of another show that came before it. It was only a matter of time.… — James Roday Copy Share Image
Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain… — Goswami Kriyananda Copy Share Image
The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Maggie scoffed. "Denial will not save you when Cupid's arrow find its mark." "If i see Cupid anywhere in the vicinity, I'm… — Kerrelyn Sparks Copy Share Image
“DENIAL Defense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious awareness any aspects of… — Benjamin Sadock Copy Share Image
“Professed scientific philosophers have been wont to employ the remoter and refinished products of science in ways which deny, discount or pervert… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I think - I think you have a conscience growing up in a loving family with a nurturing community. And I think… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
We must face the fact that we are on the brink of times when man may be able to magnify his intellectual… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
This is why the anti-discrimination principle being enforced is important. Because it won't stop if some of the underlying biases aren't challenged… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When our troubles are many we are often by grace made courageous in serving our God; we feel that we have nothing… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
When you are on denial, it feels like the world just pushed you down in a quagmire. Getting over is like running… — Ces Peta Copy Share Image
So we are left with a stark choice: allow climate disruption to change everything about our world, or change pretty much everything… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image