Accused Quote by James Harvey Robinson

Rationalization is a cover-up, a process of providing one's emotions with a false identity, of giving them spurious explanations and justifications - in order…

— Ayn Rand

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

— Ayn Rand

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

— Karen Horney

“Rationalization is what we do when we smooth over any insight that interferes with our good feelings. It's a way of making the unacceptable…

— Susan Forward

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

— Ayn Rand

Rationalism is an attitude of readiness to listen to contrary arguments and to learn from experience... of admitting that "I may be wrong and…

— Karl Popper

We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization.

— Charles Colson

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“Rationalizing is not a tool for penetration of reality but a post-factum attempt to harmonize one's own wishes with existing reality.”

— Erich Fromm

Rationalization is one of the real obstacles to obedience.

— Russell M. Nelson

Rationalizing is wasteful. Rationalization, on the other hand, is critical.

— Jamie Timbre

“We humans like to think we are creatures of reason. We aren't. The reality is that we make our decisions first and rationalize them…

— Scott Adams