Avoiding Quote by M. Scott Peck

Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.

— Vernon Howard

“The contemporary proliferation of bullshit also has deeper sources, in various forms of skepticism which deny that we can have any reliable access to…

— Harry G. Frankfurt

“The over-whelming preponderance of people have not freely decided what to believe, but, rather, have been socially conditioned (indoctrinated) into their beliefs. They are…

— Richard Paul

Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and…

— David Hume

The disassociation between inner belief and outer behaviour allowed many people to enjoy a sense of retaining their inner decency while at the same…

— Mary Fulbrook

Though, if you think about it, hostile, dethroned pseudodeities probably make disagreeable neighbors. You'll have to figure out something to do with him.

— Brandon Sanderson

Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.

— Eric Hoffer

Our German language has a word which in a magnificent way denotes conduct based on this spirit: doing one's duty [Pflichterfüllung]-which means serving the…

— Adolf Hitler

“External relationships seem to have been emptied by a massive withdrawal of the real libidinal self. Effective mental activity has disappeared into a hidden…

— Harry Guntrip

Confrontation is an act of foolishness

— EDNA WORLU

“Although most people never overcome the habit of berating the world for their difficulties, those who are too weak to make a stand against…

— Max Horkheimer

“unilateral sense of communication and cooperation, rather coercively, nay, even menacingly demand”

— Aindra Das