180 quotes found
“How 'bout a shot of truth in that denial cocktail.”
“... you sometimes had to force people to say things they would rather not articulate, just so they could hear their own words. It was interesting the way people could know things and not know them ...”
“To regret ones own experiences is to arrest ones own development. To deny ones own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of ones own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.”
“From time to time, we all must go unto a landscapebe it inner or outer landscapewhere there are no hiding places. Allowing the stark awe and silence to aid us in both communing and confronting the ...”
“We tend to deny our humanity because in accepting the fullness of it, we would need to confess how little weve done with it.”
“If you desire healing,let yourself fall illlet yourself fall ill.”
“I can't stop shaking. I need you. I want you. I can't let myself have you.”
“Now what state do you live in?''Denial.”
“Denial can be beautifulBut only when you're a fantastic liar”
“Denial is the inevitable consequence of those who are presented with disastrous scenarios without being offered an avenue for success. That is why we need to maintain a hopeful attitude.”
“Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.”
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
“Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.”
“The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma.”
“The trouble with denial is that when the truth comes, you aren't ready.”
“The truth has become an insult.”
“The human mind isn't a terribly logical or consistent place. Most people, given the choice to face a hideous or terrifying truth or to conveniently avoid it, choose the convenience and peace of nor...”
“The mind can forget what the body, defined by each breath, subject to the heart beating, does not.”
“I am in good company, simply following those in front of me and knowing others are following behind. We are on our way up a narrow staircase. The bannister is a thick rope suggesting safety. The st...”
“A man who denies his past is a man who truly denies himself a future, for he refuses to know himself, and to deny knowledge of oneself is to stumble through life as handicapped as the blind mute.”
