#denial

you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#self-awareness #sun

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#justification #lies #torture #torture

If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill let yourself fall ill. ↗

— Rumi

#depression #healing #pain #recovery #sadness

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness. ↗

— Criss Jami

#denial #facing #facing-fear #facing-problems #fear

And that is how we are. By strength of will we cut off our inner intuitive knowledge from admitted consciousness. This causes a state of dread, or apprehension, which makes the blow ten times worse when it does fall. ↗

— D.H. Lawrence

#intuition

Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past. ↗

— Martha Beck

#any #because #blindly #built #denial

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#everything #happen #life #nothing #security

I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home. ↗

— Cathy Guisewite

#about #amazing #both #close #complete

Hearing loss very often is such a gradual phenomenon that the person is in denial. You really have to be patient with them in getting them to come forward to get help. ↗

— Marion Ross

#come #denial #forward #get #getting

Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#good soldier #however #outstanding #qualities #recognized