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> [“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. —historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/the-greatest-of-faults-i-should-say-is-to-be-conscious-of-none/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

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## More by Carol Tavris

> [No one seems to have learned, or can remember, the magic words that calm people when they are frightened or threatened: "I'm sorry; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/no-one-seems-to-have-learned-or-can-remember-the-magic-words-that/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [When anger is not trampling roughshod through our nervous system, it is sitting sullenly in some unspecified internal organ. "She's got a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/when-anger-is-not-trampling-roughshod-through-our-nervous-system-it/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [During McCarthyism, teachers feared for their jobs if they belonged to a left-wing group. Today teachers fear for their jobs if they hug a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/during-mccarthyism-teachers-feared-for-their-jobs-if-they-belonged-to/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [“Consider the famous syllogism “All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore Socrates is mortal.” So far, so good. But just because all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/consider-the-famous-syllogism-all-men-are-mortal-socrates-is-a-man/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice and remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/the-scientific-method-is-designed-to-help-investigators-overcome-the/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [“What, then, was the new strategy he proposed? More troops and more money. For him, any other option was unthinkable. It would mean he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/what-then-was-the-new-strategy-he-proposed-more-troops-and-more-money/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. —historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/the-greatest-of-faults-i-should-say-is-to-be-conscious-of-none/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [The individualism of American life, to our glory and despair, creates anger and encourages its release; for when everything is possible, limitations are irksome.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/the-individualism-of-american-life-to-our-glory-and-despair-creates/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [Doubt is not the enemy of justice; overconfidence is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/doubt-is-not-the-enemy-of-justice-overconfidence-is/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [“Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action but justify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/most-people-when-directly-confronted-by-evidence-that-they-are-wrong/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [The second-sweetest set of three words in English is 'I don't know.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/the-second-sweetest-set-of-three-words-in-english-is-i-don-t-know/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [A fan without a team is like a hog without truffles - she has nothing to root for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/a-fan-without-a-team-is-like-a-hog-without-truffles-she-has-nothing/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/for-some-of-the-large-indignities-of-life-the-best-remedy-is-direct/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [Of course, if you photograph the behavior of women and men at a particular time in history, in a particular situation, you will capture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/of-course-if-you-photograph-the-behavior-of-women-and-men-at-a/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

> [Depression is not 'anger turned inward'; if anything, anger is depression turned outward. Follow the trail of anger inward, and there you will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/depression-is-not-anger-turned-inward-if-anything-anger-is-depression/)

[Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/)

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