"Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.…" — Karen Horney
"Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning."
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Karen Horney
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26 Quotes by Karen Horney
Karen Horney has 26 quotes on this site.
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Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view…
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The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work…
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There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.
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No one … can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in…
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If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart.
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There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only…
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Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their…
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We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into…
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The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be emotionally sincere,…
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Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world…
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That many-faceted thing called love succeeds in building bridges from the loneliness on this shore to the loneliness on the…
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To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life.
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More Deception Quotes
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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a…
— Jane Austen
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One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
— Georges Bernanos
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
— Josh Billings
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Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those…
— David Bohm
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Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.
— Sissela Bok
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While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.
— Sissela Bok
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It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority,…
— Giordano Bruno
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The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And…
— Herman Cain
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
— Taylor Caldwell
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Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly…
— Elias Canetti
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In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part,…
— Graydon Carter
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