Denial Quotes

636 Denial quotes by 510 unique authors

If your senses are numbed with delusion and denial, you will stop looking for these true strengths and wind up living a second-rate version of… — Donald O. Clifton
We are social beings who make communities with an urgency, and it is a stern charge to make us take refuge in the lonely world… — Vijay Prashad
I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not a pioneer; it… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Whether we like it or not, each of us is constrained by limits on what we can do and feel. To ignore these limits leads… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of human thought to… — Muhammad Iqbal
I must say that the Katrina response does help me better understand the situation in Iraq, ... The best bet is that the president doesn't… — Andrew Sullivan
By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and… — Jackie Mason
The foundation on which (our government is) built is the natural equality of man, the denial of every pre-eminence but that annexed to legal office,… — Thomas Jefferson
I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am… — David Brainerd
One main problem with raising awareness of LGBT abuse is the denial. The term "domestic violence" is perceived as something akin to alcoholism, ("I don't… — Kim Kardashian
What is art but the denial of life? — Fernando Pessoa
So it is that real, personal sacrifice never was placing an animal on the altar. Instead, it is a willingness to put the animal in… — Neal A. Maxwell
In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to… — Al Gore
Tragedy was foresworn, in ritual denial of the ripe knowledge that we are drawing away from one another, that we share only one thing, share… — William Gaddis
There is a denial of the value of the individual. Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it. The individual is sacrificed… — Clement Attlee
Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the rack and burning at the stake... in more recent rulings it has been taken to… — Tom Clancy
Awareness is bad for the meat business. Conscience is bad for the meat business. Sensitivity to life is bad for the meat business. DENIAL, however,… — John Robbins
Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware. — Arthur Koestler
From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick. We Americans are great on… — Gretel Ehrlich
Nothing is of its nature evil, and nothing is of its nature good. Evil is only excess, good is simply balance. All things are subject… — Unknown Author
Four D's of Disconnection: 1. Diagnosis (judgment, analysis, criticism, comparison); 2. Denial of Responsibility; 3. Demand; 4. 'Deserve' oriented language. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial. — Louisa May Alcott
Death makes me realize how deeply I have internalized the agnosticism I preach in all my books. I consider dogmatic belief and dogmatic denial very… — Robert Anton Wilson
Chronically dysfunctioning families are also delusional. Delusion is sincere denial. — John Bradshaw
Holiness is the sum of a million little things — the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of… — Kevin DeYoung

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