Rationalization Quotes

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Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed ethics. This is why, when… — Theodore Beale
Luck serves ... as rationalization for every people that is not master of its own destiny. — Hannah Arendt
Reason is universal because no attempted challenge to its results can avoid appealing to reason in the end-by claiming, for example, that what was presented… — Thomas Nagel
In the range of my character at any given moment, I have acted in the only way it seemed to me I could have acted.… — Anne Truitt
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the ultimate and most… — Max Weber
Don't knock rationalization.Â Where would we be without it?Â I don't know anyone who'd get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations.Â They're… — Jeff Goldblum
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for… — Dan Coats
Your conscious life is an elaborate after-the-fact rationalization of things you really do for other reasons. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
The gay community has infiltrated the very centers of power in every area across this country, and they wield extreme powerâ€¦ That agenda is the… — Tom Coburn
Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of… — Randy Alcorn
Whether or not you agree that trimming and cooking are likely to lead on to downright forgery, there is little to support the argument that… — Charles Thomas Jackson
The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists. — Sidney Hook
The notion of ambiguity must not be confused with that of absurdity. To declare that existence is absurd is to deny that it can ever… — Simone de Beauvoir
Knowing Chris Bennett's Writing as I do, I expected Only Superhuman to have an imaginative plot and a compelling superheroine in Emry Blair. What I… — Mike W. Barr
Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a "secondary rationalization" of instinctual drives. This meaning is unique and specific… — Viktor E. Frankl
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it.… — Gregory Maguire
For those who do not make the transition to a matured, more spiritual self-will reason will indeed be no more than rationalization. Here is a… — Kenny Smith
The question for the ultimate foundations and the ultimate meaning of mathematics remains open; we do not know in which direction it will find its… — Hermann Weyl
We are so clothed in rationalization and dissemblance that we can recognize but dimly the deep primal impulses that motivate us. — James Ramsey Ullman
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world. — Max Weber

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