Self Justification Quotes
- A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will… — Anita Brookner
- The break from the supposedly culturally-narrow religious bases of knowledge in favor of supposedly trans-cultural scientific bases of knowledge served as the self-justification of a… — Immanuel Wallerstein
- Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification. — Carol Tavris
- Self-justification is a treacherous servant. — Wellington Mara
- The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes to justifying actions,… — Michael Foley
- Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive him into the… — Paul Tournier
- Psychoanalysis is an attempt to examine a person's self-justifications. Hence it can be undertaken only with the patient's cooperation and can succeed only when the… — Thomas Szasz
- Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action but justify it… — Carol Tavris
- The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit. — Tullian Tchividjian
- Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself. — Elliot Aronson