Quotes about Denial

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. Votes: 6

Delay is the deadliest form of denial. Votes: 4

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. Votes: 4

Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you. Votes: 4

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life. Votes: 4

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. Votes: 4

Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of letting in only as much as we can handle. Votes: 4

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Votes: 4

Denial is an ugly thing. Votes: 3

Denial is a very powerful thing. Votes: 3

What state do you live in? Denial. Votes: 3

Denial of one appetite sharpens the others. Votes: 3

Denial is not just a river in Egypt. Votes: 3

Denial is a save now, pay later scheme. Votes: 3

Denial is much more then an Egyptian River. Votes: 3

Denial is a useful defense mechanism until it's not. Votes: 3

Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land. Votes: 3

Denial of Russia in the name of humanity it is - robbing humanity Votes: 3

Denial is an essential part of my existence. Without it, I am nothing. Votes: 3

Denial can be a pathology or a survival mechanism - and sometimes it's both. Votes: 3

Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life. Votes: 3

Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie. Votes: 3

Denial: my family heritage. If you don't ask the questions, the truth will never inconvenience you. Votes: 3

Four D's of Disconnection: 1. Diagnosis (judgment, analysis, criticism, comparison); 2. Denial of Responsibility; 3. Demand; 4. 'Deserve' oriented language. Votes: 3

Denial has been a way of life for me for many years. I actually believe in denial. Votes: 3

There are stages we all go through when dealing with character deaths. Grief. Anger. Denial. Laughter. Coulson. Votes: 3

Denial and rejection is one of the most powerful weapons that can turn a man into an evil. Votes: 3

Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy. Votes: 3

Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages. Votes: 3

Denial exists when three beliefs intersect:1. It cannot happen. 2. It cannot happen to you.3. It cannot happen to you now. Votes: 3

The science [of global warming] is beyond dispute... Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response Votes: 3

Denial of climate change and degradation of environment for the purpose of economic prosperity is humiliation and slavery of the nature. Votes: 3

Denial is a powerful weapon. My dad taught me mind over matter. No matter how hurt I got, he didn't mind. Votes: 3

Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy. Votes: 3

Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past. Votes: 3

Denial is fear gone delusional. Acceptance is fear given to God. Engaging is fear overruled by God. Victory is fear banished by God. Votes: 3

It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's decline. Votes: 3

The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It's called Denial." Votes: 3

The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial. Votes: 3

It is deeply pejorative to call someone a 'climate change denier.' This is because it is a phrase designedly reminiscent of the idea of 'Holocaust Denial.' Votes: 3

Denial is pushing something out of your awareness. Anything you hide in the basement has a way of burrowing under the house and showing up on the front lawn. Votes: 3

Big success requires big sacrifices. Don't find out later that the cost was too high. Denial is said to be even more potent than cocaine; neither drug enhances your marketability. Votes: 3

Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past the moment. Jacking off. Television. Denial. Votes: 3

Get through the moment. Avoid confrontation. Run away. That's pretty much how we get through our own lives, watching television. Smoking crap. Self-medicating. Redirecting our own attention. Jacking off. Denial. Votes: 3

Well, I think the first thing to do when trying to let go of the past is to accept it. Denial only delays the problem for later. Deal with it now. Votes: 3

It's so much easier to get high than how scary it must be to see who you actually are and take responsibility for it. Denial is an easy place to live in. Votes: 3

Denial,they say, stands for"Don't even notice I am lying." Human beings are the only animals who are happily lied to by our own minds about what is actually happening around us. Votes: 3

When the mind opens by speaking denials, this true Self that philosophers have so long striven to free shows itself all glorious with wisdom, strength, and holiness...Denial of evil is a word of Truth. Votes: 3

SACERDOTALIST, n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge that is now flung into the teeth of the Episcopalian church by the Neo-Dictionarians. Votes: 3

Denial is the lid on our emotional pressure cooker: the longer we leave it on, the more pressure we build up. Sooner or later, that pressure is bound to pop the lid, and we have an emotional crisis. Votes: 3

Denial is really death. People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is true. When you're connected to the river you have despair, but you also have joy, and there's a flow in the river. Votes: 3

Hope is the denial of reality. Votes: 2

Security is the denial of life Votes: 2

I have a very highly developed sense of denial. Votes: 2

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession. Votes: 2

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial. Votes: 2

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. Votes: 2

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it. Votes: 2

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. Votes: 2

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity. Votes: 2

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Votes: 2

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. Votes: 2

I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. Votes: 2

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial. Votes: 2

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one. Votes: 2

The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial. Votes: 2

If the president of the United States says that attacks on civilians, starvation, and denial of religious freedom in Sudan are important international issues, they become so. Votes: 2

Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers. Votes: 2

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten. Votes: 2

In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light. Votes: 2

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew our country, its institutions and political system. Votes: 2

To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has to be taught nonsense for a great many formative years to believe it. Votes: 2

To live fixated on the future is to engage in psychological denial. It is a form of psychic violence that prepares us to accept the violence needed to ensure the maintenance of imperialist, future-oriented society. Votes: 2

With all due respect, many in the entertainment industry are deep into mind-altering substance abuse, and when one's logic and intellectual calculating powers are replaced with dopey feel-good, fantasy-driven denial, the democratic party serves them well. Votes: 2

When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It becomes a denial of both our collective and individual dignity, at all levels of society. Votes: 2

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it. Votes: 2

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within. Votes: 2

Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy. Votes: 2

Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out denial of the gospel of grace. Votes: 2

I think vampires are different from human beings, but they're sentenced to eternity on this planet. They have the same confusion about love and permanence, integrity, and denial. These qualities really are the same in vampire characters as in humans. I think they're universal themes. Votes: 2

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with. Votes: 2

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage. Votes: 2

I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I need to do to stay here. I really don't understand women who are in denial, who don't want to go for a mammogram. I think it's stupidity. Sorry. I have no patience for that. Votes: 2

The five stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief. Votes: 2

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid.We fear we will not find love,and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we don't have love we will be unhappy. Votes: 2

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid. We fear we will not find love, and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we do not have love we will be unhappy Votes: 1

I actually believe in denial. Votes: 0

Self-denial is a monkish virtue. Votes: 0

Self-denial is the best riches. Votes: 0

There has to be some self-denial. Votes: 0

Don't censor incoming data through denial. Votes: 0

Never underestimate the power of denial. Votes: 0

Give me romance. Flash. Give me denial. Votes: 0

American society has gone completely into denial. Votes: 0

The only aberration is denial of self. Votes: 0

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint. Votes: 0

Debate is so much better than denial. Votes: 0

Delay is the deadliest form of denial Votes: 0

After denial comes anger and finally, acceptance. Votes: 0

There's a fine line between forgiveness and denial. Votes: 0

Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. Votes: 0

ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial. Votes: 0

The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial. Votes: 0

Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego. Votes: 0

I don't like denial. I don't like repression. Votes: 0

In the denial of disorder there is order. Votes: 0

The only atheism is the denial of truth. Votes: 0

And weed's not a drug - that's denial Votes: 0

What is art but the denial of life? Votes: 0

The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial. Votes: 0

Amusement and annoyance are, perhaps, both forms of denial. Votes: 0

Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy. Votes: 0

The weather today is an increasing trend towards denial. Votes: 0

The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity. Votes: 0

She couldn't live in denial of her own humanity. Votes: 0

No denial of the truth will ever invalidate it. Votes: 0

I was steeped in denial, but my body knew. Votes: 0

The principle of realism means denial of the ideal. Votes: 0

The denial of racism is a form of racism itself. Votes: 0

Any acceptance of authority is the very denial of truth. Votes: 0

The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction Votes: 0

The loss of magic is the denial of unlimited possibility. Votes: 0

How 'bout a shot of truth in that denial cocktail. Votes: 0

underneath all that denial, you're someone who's deeply, deeply nice. Votes: 0

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on Votes: 0

Chronically dysfunctioning families are also delusional. Delusion is sincere denial. Votes: 0

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. Votes: 0

I love carbs, but denial is good training for the mind. Votes: 0

I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths. Votes: 0

I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial. Votes: 0

I would rather have regrets of excess than regrets of denial. Votes: 0

All human kingship risks a denial of the sovereignty of God. Votes: 0

There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms. Votes: 0

I believe we're all in denial about the people we love. Votes: 0

Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial. Votes: 0

Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all. Votes: 0

Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial. Votes: 0

Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial. Votes: 0

The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights... Votes: 0

Information is the currency of democracy. It's denial must always be suspect. Votes: 0

There is no real joy that does not involve self-denial and self-discipline Votes: 0

Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial. Votes: 0

Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial. Votes: 0

The greatest barrier to wealth creation is the denial of Cosmic Ordering. Votes: 0

Conversion without a clean heart is a denial of God and religion. Votes: 0

Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another. Votes: 0

Art is an action against death. It is a denial of death. Votes: 0

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom. Votes: 0

was it possible that i was, in the modern term, in denial? Votes: 0

Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes. Votes: 0

There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial. Votes: 0

Abortion is a denial of one of those powers which make women women. Votes: 0

All good art cannot help but confront denial on its way to truth. Votes: 0

Sanity can take one of only two forms: that of ignorance, or denial. Votes: 0

My personal feeling is that human beings have this incredible capacity for denial. Votes: 0

Survival depends on denial, and death comes swiftly to those who forsake it. Votes: 0

The idea of evil is always subject to denial as a coping mechanism. Votes: 0

All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being. Votes: 0

Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality. Votes: 0

The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. Votes: 0

The fabric of society is woven together by the needle of suppression and denial. Votes: 0

Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. Votes: 0

People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial. Votes: 0

Almost everywhere, climate change denial now looks as stupid and as unacceptable as Holocaust denial. Votes: 0

The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment. Votes: 0

The pathway to your best life isn't the route of denial. It's owning every moment. Votes: 0

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. Votes: 0

The air itself was ebony, like the denial, the refutation, of the idea of light. Votes: 0

Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love. Votes: 0

All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Votes: 0

Jerry Kilgore offers denial and delusion, ... Mr. Kaine Delusion and deceit. That means nothing happens. Votes: 0

The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance. Votes: 0

Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief. Votes: 0

The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives. Votes: 0

We're led by denial like lambs to slaughter, serving empires of style and carbonated sugar water. Votes: 0

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists. Votes: 0

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. Votes: 0

It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial. Votes: 0

There are only two states of being in the world of codependency - recovery and denial. Votes: 0

It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities. Votes: 0

There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be. Votes: 0

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God. Votes: 0

We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore. Votes: 0

A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer. Votes: 0

There is no denial that the lack of self-love conditions many to feel unimportant or irrelevant. Votes: 0

There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears. Votes: 0

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet; they are about denial and discipline. Votes: 0

What’s looming in the shadows of our ignorance and denial is a critique of civilization itself. Votes: 0

Many grievers experience intense yearning or longing after a death - more than they experience, say, denial. Votes: 0

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button." Votes: 0

I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways. Votes: 0

Many Muslim countries are closed to missionaries, a policy Christians see as a denial of religious liberty. Votes: 0

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. Votes: 0

To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self). Votes: 0

The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.' Votes: 0

Freedom that ignores the transcendent difference between good and evil ends in the denial of freedom itself. Votes: 0

There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears. Votes: 0

football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Votes: 0

To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity. Votes: 0

My life is in denial. And when I die, baptized in eternal fire, I'll shed many tears. Votes: 0

Death was not the scariest thing out there; no, the denial of it could be far worse. Votes: 0

The denial of language is a suicidal one and we pay for it with our own lives. Votes: 0

The primary symptom of a controller is denial, that is I can't see its symptoms in myself. Votes: 0

The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. Votes: 0

We are now so far advanced in our denial of evil that we want to rationalise it away. Votes: 0

Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial. Votes: 0

I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion. Votes: 0

Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves. Votes: 0

As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism. Votes: 0

I am camp. Lots of gay men can't cope with their campness. They are in denial about it. Votes: 0

Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial...C hristianity does not therefore depreciate marriage, it sanctifies it. Votes: 0

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that. Votes: 0

Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about. Votes: 0

The denial of assistance is sometimes the greatest assistance. The trick is recognizing when this is the case. Votes: 0

I would be an utter fool to let my journey be defined by the denial of the journey. Votes: 0

The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable. Votes: 0

People would believe propagate, spread rumors or conspiracy theories in order to protect their own system of denial. Votes: 0

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] has a huge mandate and they're still in denial and do not even know it yet. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] has a huge mandate and they're still in denial and do not even know it yet. Votes: 0

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. Votes: 0

When it comes to success, it will come when it comes. A delay does not mean a denial. Votes: 0

There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets. Votes: 0

Marriage is memory, marriage is time. Marriage is not only time: it is also, parodoxically, the denial of time. Votes: 0

I see no anti-Semitic implications in denial of the existence of gas chambers, or even denial of the Holocaust. Votes: 0

the very notion of blindness about color constitutes an ideological confusion at best, and denial at its very worst. Votes: 0

Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. Votes: 0

There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial. Votes: 0

We believe very strongly that you stop that denial of coverage by promoting choice. Let people make the decisions. Votes: 0

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened. Votes: 0

If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity. Votes: 0

I'm very much in denial that I can't dance. I really go for it, which is almost more embarrassing. Votes: 0

There are places where the mind dies so that a truth which is its very denial may be born. Votes: 0

Atheism is not the denial of the existence of God, but having doubts as to whether God is conscious. Votes: 0

Atheism is not the denial of the existence of God, but having doubts as to whether God is conscious. Votes: 0

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history. Votes: 0

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history. Votes: 0

But sometimes living in denial was the only way to keep a man from going on a killing spree. Votes: 0

Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage. Votes: 0

If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Votes: 0

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved. Votes: 0

As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness. Votes: 0

It's always been hard for me to tell the difference between denial and what used to be known as hope. Votes: 0

Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware. Votes: 0

Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death. Votes: 0

Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research. Votes: 0

Many years later, a psychiatrist friend of mine said something to us. He said, "Respect denial." It's a powerful force. Votes: 0

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Votes: 0

By looking the other way on climate change we facilitate a collective denial, and we do it for each other. Votes: 0

A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it. Votes: 0

Suicide is an attack on society--an attack on its omnipotence, on its denial of death, and on its own despair. Votes: 0

I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy. Votes: 0

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study. Votes: 0

When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word. Votes: 0

More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question. Votes: 0

Once upon a time, I thought denial was a river in Egypt. It's actually the attitude of the Abbott government. Votes: 0

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Votes: 0

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Votes: 0

While denial leads to certainty, it is only the certainty of death. This is true for individuals and also for civilizations. Votes: 0

It's about the climate-change "denial industry", ...we should have war crimes trials for these bastards - some sort of climate Nuremberg. Votes: 0

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind. Votes: 0

Everyone's crazy anyway. And those who think they aren't, are the ones who are even crazier - because they're in denial. Votes: 0

I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality. Votes: 0

We should celebrate variety rather than conformity and allow people to express themselves. That we don't is more of our denial. Votes: 0

The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold. Votes: 0

I'd be like, 'You're a young, vibrant woman. Where are you?' I realized that I had been living in denial. Votes: 0

Slavery is the ultimate and greatest evil. For it is based on a denial of the dignity of the human soul. Votes: 0

I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer. Votes: 0

He that is impatient, and cannot wait on God for a mercy, will not easily submit to Him in a denial. Votes: 0

Political correctness is about denial, usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis. Votes: 0

Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another. Votes: 0

The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race. Votes: 0

If you try to assert wisdom before people have themselves walked it, be prepared for much resistance, denial, push-back, and verbal debate. Votes: 0

Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris. Votes: 0

No repentance, obedience, self-denial, prayers, tears, reformation or ordinances, without the new creation, avail any thing to the salvation of thy soul. Votes: 0

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. Votes: 0

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. Votes: 0

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed. Votes: 0

[Heresy is] the dislocation of a complete and self-supporting scheme by the introduction of a novel denial of some essential part therein. Votes: 0

But we need to be very clear: because of our decades of collective denial, no gradual, incremental options are now available to us. Votes: 0

Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial. Votes: 0

DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters. Votes: 0

There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it. Votes: 0

Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us? Votes: 0

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity. Votes: 0

It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt. Votes: 0

Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt. Votes: 0

It is better to be charged with cowardice and weakness than to be guilty of denial of our oath and sin against God. Votes: 0

We figure out what death means when we're born, practically, and we live our whole lives in some kind of weird denial about it. Votes: 0

I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial. Votes: 0

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son. Votes: 0

If work is no antidote to death, nor a denial of it, death is a powerful stimulus to work. Get done what you can. Votes: 0

What is even more worrying still is George Osborne's breathtakingly complacent response to today's figures. This is a Chancellor who is in total denial. Votes: 0

This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom. Votes: 0

That which distinguishes the new thought from the old is not a denial of this Divine Reality, but an affirmation of its immediate availability. Votes: 0

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. Votes: 0

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression. Votes: 0

pornography is a direct denial of the power of the erotic, for it represents the suppression of true feeling. Pornography emphasizes sensation without feeling. Votes: 0

Industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the wheels stop turning. Votes: 0

The obvious danger is that in some situations [denial] can lead to procrastination in seeking help or to avoidance of action that might prevent harm. Votes: 0

Atheist's denial of God's existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theist's claim; the atheist must give plausible reasons for rejecting God's existence. Votes: 0

The denial of ourselves which Christ has so diligently commanded his disciples from the beginning will at last dominate all the desires of our heart. Votes: 0

For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial. Votes: 0

I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it so often does. Votes: 0

We all do things where we don't care about other people. And we deal with it in whatever ways we can, denial or make excuses. Votes: 0

Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them. Votes: 0

Christ and his teachings are the embodiment of submission, of inertia, of the denial of life; hence responsible for the things done in their name. Votes: 0

The denial of Christ has less to do with facts and more to do with the bent of what a person is prejudiced to conclude. Votes: 0

I feel the denial of gay marriage sends a prejudice message. Our youth deserve a fair and hopeful future with government that values us equally. Votes: 0

When we turn our backs on feelings we should deal with, they fester and grow and ultimately consume us. Silence is denial. Silence is anxiety. Votes: 0

The denial of an objective moral law, based on the compulsion to deny the existence of God, results ultimately in the denial of evil iteself. Votes: 0

Such self-denial 'may appear demanding,' but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of the church. Votes: 0

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection. Votes: 0

To have your attention in the Now is not a denial of what is needed in your life. It is recognition of what is primary. Votes: 0

The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy. Votes: 0

Being present means being completely aware of all that is. It means you’re not in denial, you’re not pretending, and you’re not avoiding. Votes: 0

The Daily Beast reports today that if Steve Bannon is denied a security clearance, the President could simply overrule that denial and order that security clearance. Votes: 0

I was now prepared to accept any faith so long as it did not demand a direct denial of reason, which would have been a deceit. Votes: 0

Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it. Votes: 0

Liberty is no heirloom. It requires the daily bread of self-denial, the salt of law and, above all, the backbone of acknowledging responsibility for our deeds. Votes: 0

Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it. Votes: 0

The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator. Votes: 0

Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone. Votes: 0

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory. Votes: 0

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory. Votes: 0

I'm not a doom-and-gloom person. But I think there is a difference between transcendence and denial, and much of the Western world is in major denial today. Votes: 0

It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies. Votes: 0

If a favour is asked of you, grant it if you can. If not, refuse it in such a manner as that one denial may be sufficient. Votes: 0

Money that may never be spent is nothing but a miser's toy. Saving as an exercise in self-denial is an invalid goal, a sick use of money. Votes: 0

Societies have a peculiar way of relating, or more accurately non-relating, to rape maybe because it is so vicious, they choose to live in denial about it. Votes: 0

Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free. Votes: 0

Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the soul turns into love for God. Votes: 0

I think the greatest illusion we have is that denial protects us. It's actually the biggest distortion and lie. In fact, staying asleep is what's killing us. Votes: 0

The essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self, not an affirming of self. Votes: 0

The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial. Votes: 0

Parents are in denial a lot of the time - everybody knows what they did as a teenager, but somehow, when they grow up, it all disappears. Votes: 0

The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind. Votes: 0

The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily the supreme rule. Votes: 0

Hope is what keeps you going, but hope keeps you focused on the future, and this continued focus perpetuates your denial of the Now and therefore your unhappiness. Votes: 0

Virtual reality is a denial of reality. We need to be open to the powers of imagination, which brings something useful to reality. Virtual reality can imprison people. Votes: 0

The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily the supreme rule. Votes: 0

If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians. Votes: 0

Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime that ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer. Votes: 0

The denial of death is openly acknowledged as a significant trait of our culture. The tears of the bereaved have become comparable to the excretions of the diseased Votes: 0

The most common emotional defense is avoidance (an ineffective coping skill for any stressor) as expressed through denial (e.g., "That wasn't really bad, I barely remember it"). Votes: 0

There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God. Votes: 0

The only the way that you can live and function without seeing the facts in front of you is to put yourself in a constant state of denial. Votes: 0

There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God. Votes: 0

Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me. Votes: 0

What I mean by "An Unspoken Hunger." It's a hunger that cannot be quelled by material things. It's a hunger that cannot be quelled by the constant denial. Votes: 0

The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote. Votes: 0

If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness. Votes: 0

When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference. At the most basic level, don't let denial go unchallenged and win the conversation on climate. Votes: 0

Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then that we should be proud ourselves! Votes: 0

There is not one text reference to characteristic Protestant religious life in these books... The dominant theme is the denial of religion as an actual part of American life. Votes: 0

Superstitions typically involve seeing order where in fact there is none, and denial amounts to rejecting evidence of regularities, sometimes even ones that are staring us in the face. Votes: 0

Once you see that your skin and your gift are two sides of the same coin, you can never forget it. It preserves religion from any arrogance and denial. Votes: 0

Any 'Christians' who take for themselves any more than the plain necessaries of life, live in an open habitual denial of the Lord. They have gained riches and hell-fire. Votes: 0

Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial that leaves me stuck. Votes: 0

Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom. Votes: 0

There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know. Votes: 0

Christian Science "¦ is the direct denial both of science and of Christianity, for Science rests wholly on the recognition of truth and Christianity on the recognition of pain. Votes: 0

I don't run around feeling infused with positivity, but I'll have to be taking my last breath before I'll admit I'm dying. So I'm either optimistic or in denial. Votes: 0

All men will be Peters in their bragging tongue, and most men will be Peters in their base denial; but few men will be Peters in their quick repentance. Votes: 0

It is the idea that all order must be explained by a functioning mind at the helm, not its denial, that has the closet affinity to the religious instinct. Votes: 0

The Declaration of Independence was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon one man to govern others. Votes: 0

Alas! this time is never the time for self-denial, it is always the next time. Abstinence is so much more pleasant to contemplate upon the other side of indulgence. Votes: 0

Whereas the notion of purpose before was always associated with future, there is now a deeper purpose that can only be found in the present, through denial of time. Votes: 0

Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self- denial that goes into the acquisition of it. Votes: 0

I think that's part of the whole denial and suicidal mechanism [ of the human's race] right "Oh my God, the house is on fire." You sleep through the smoke. Votes: 0

What we call "normal" is a product of repression, denial, splitting, projection, introjection, and other forms of destructive actions on experience...It is radically estranged from the structure of being ... Votes: 0

Christianity is more than just a belief; it is a life of discipline, a firm determination to live a life of prayer and contemplation, a life of self-denial and Christlikeness. Votes: 0

Being upright and uncompromising will lead to unemployment by themselves. But to be willfully ignorant of a calling in life as well, that is the denial of a born alcoholic. Votes: 0

employers sense in me a denial of their values...they fear me. i suspect that they can see that i am forced to function in a century which i loathe. Votes: 0

Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance is self-punitive; ingest with caution. Votes: 0

It is just man's turning away from instinct--his opposing himself to instinct--that creates consciousness. Instinct is nature andseeks to perpetuate nature; while consciousness can only seek culture or its denial. Votes: 0

Awareness is bad for the meat business. Conscience is bad for the meat business. Sensitivity to life is bad for the meat business. DENIAL, however, the meat business finds indispensable. Votes: 0

Heroism, self-denial, and magnanimity, in all instances where they do not spring from a principle of religion, are but splendid altars on which we sacrifice one kind of self-love to another. Votes: 0

I sometimes wonder whether our churches--living as we do in American death-denying culture, relentlessly smiling through our praise choruses--are inadvertently helping people live not as much in hope as in denial. Votes: 0

It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition. Votes: 0

... the understatement, the self-ridicule, the delight in the foreignness of foreigners, the complete denial of any attempt to enlist the sympathies of his readers in the hardships he has capriciously invited. Votes: 0

An important aspect of the Eurasian worldview is an absolute denial of Western civilization. In the opinion of the Eurasians, the West with its ideology of liberalism is an absolute evil. Votes: 0

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean. Votes: 0

Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Votes: 0

In the Catholic tradition, the idea of giving something up on a Friday - the act of self denial - has always been tied with being generous to those in need. Votes: 0

David Irving is under arrest in Austria for Holocaust denial. Perhaps there is a case for making climate change denial an offence - it is a crime against humanity after all. Votes: 0

If someone like my father chooses to criticise Israeli policies, it's not because he is a self-hating Jew, but because he is not prepared to live in a state of self-denial. Votes: 0

Is war perhaps nothing else but a need to face death, to conquer and master it, to come out of it alive -- a peculiar form of denial of our mortality? Votes: 0

I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects. Votes: 0

For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce. Votes: 0

Are you always trying to get somewhere other than where you are so that you can finally be happy? The truth is that all unhappiness is caused by denial of the present. Votes: 0

The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings; and lo! they are flown. Votes: 0

I think I'm actually in denial that I'm famous, it only sinks in when people crowd in the streets. My friends treat me like a regular person, which is what I wanted. Votes: 0

My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself. Votes: 0

Materialism means simply the denial that the moral order is eternal, and the cutting off of ultimate hopes; spiritualism means theaffirmation of an eternal moral order and the letting loose of hope. Votes: 0

The parallelism, or denial of any causation between mind and body, derives basically, and fallaciously, from a theory of substances as having complete concepts that include everything that is true of them. Votes: 0

A thorough: miser must possess considerable strength of character to bear the self-denial imposed by his penuriousness. Equal sacrifices, endured voluntarily in a better cause, would make a saint or a martyr. Votes: 0

Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith. Votes: 0

The episcopal church was destined, inevitably, to grow further and further from the Christian teaching of poverty and denial of worldly goods. It became more like an additional arm of secular administration. Votes: 0

A denial of the reality of demonical possessions on the part of anyone who believes the Gospel narrative to be true and inspired may justly be regarded as simply and plainly inconceivable. Votes: 0

Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied when you are trying to rise to a higher sphere. Votes: 0

The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America. Votes: 0

In America, burial means an embalmed body in a heavy-duty casket with a vault built over it, so that the ground doesn't settle. That body is encased in many layers of denial. Votes: 0

I think all of us are living in denial of our spiritual nature as we continue to participate in the material world even though we know we're destroying the planet we live on. Votes: 0

Mr. and Mrs. Boffin sat staring at mid-air, and Mrs. Wilfer sat silently giving them to understand that every breath she drew required to be drawn with a self-denial rarely paralleled in history. Votes: 0

I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial! Votes: 0

Positive secularism is not tolerance of all religions, but it is the total denial of religious beliefs: it is the emergence of homogeneous human outlook which is based upon verifiable facts of life. Votes: 0

One thing I do know, and that is, that neither hope, nor fear, belief, nor denial, can change the fact. It is as it is, and it will be as it must be. Votes: 0

In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Votes: 0

Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence in Him, even when facing the apparent denial of our request. Votes: 0

I'm not in denial about technology, but my mother used to say when I was a kid, 'Son, you're handless,' because I couldn't fix anything. My ambition is to be a Luddite. Votes: 0

The desire for bad art is the desire bred of habit: like the smoker's desire for tobacco, more marked by the extreme malaise of denial than by any very strong delight in fruition. Votes: 0

Jesus rejected hatred because he saw that hatred meant death to the mind, death to the spirit, and death to communion with his Father. He affirmed life; and hatred was the great denial. Votes: 0

So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping. Votes: 0

I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would still be so much discrimination against women, so much denial of women's rights. Votes: 0

All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death. Votes: 0

The foundation on which (our government is) built is the natural equality of man, the denial of every pre-eminence but that annexed to legal office, and particularly the denial of a pre-eminence by birth. Votes: 0

Our spiritual mission is not to ignore the darkness, but to bring light TO the darkness. Ignoring darkness does not dispel it; only the light does. That is the difference between denial and transcendence. Votes: 0

I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit, tenacity in pursuit, readiness for sensible self denial, and above all, compassion Votes: 0

Plastic surgery is one of the ways that people deal with the aging process. And I don't mean by using it as a form of denial, but as a kind of negotiation with it. Votes: 0

A man begins dying at the moment of his birth. Most People live in denial of Death's patient courtship until, late in life and deep in sickness, they become aware of him sitting bedside. Votes: 0

The moves to contractualism and utilitarianism required some extra ingredients besides mortalism, the denial that God is in charge of the world, and the doctrine that physical and psychological pain are the greatest evils. Votes: 0

Some people have their marriages annulled, which means they never existed. Boy, talk about denial! What do you say when people see your wedding album? 'Oh that was just some play I was in. Votes: 0

The world has its fling at lawyers sometimes, but its very denial is an admission. It feels, what I believe to be the truth, that of all secular professions this has the highest standards. Votes: 0

Here I am in the state of New Mexico. George Bush is still in the state of denial. New Mexico has five electoral votes. The state of denial has none. I like my chances. Votes: 0

Nationalization would likely mean wiping out the big banks' managements and shareholders. It's because that reckoning has mostly been avoided so far that those bankers may be the Americans in the greatest denial of all. Votes: 0

I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights has had on our African-American brothers and sisters. I have witnessed it. Votes: 0

Though [Charles Guignebert] could not accept either the Christ myth theory, which held that no historical Jesus existed, or the Dutch Radical denial that Paul authored any of the epistles, Guignebert took both quite seriously. Votes: 0

Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced ...the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. Votes: 0

Ixion exists as an antidote to the rules and conventions of other places. We believe that indulging in pleasure will make better people. Self-denial and discipline and virtue are all myths invented to control you. Votes: 0

Simpler manners, purer lives; more self-denial; more earnest sympathy with the classes that lie below us, nothing short of that can lay the foundations of the Christianity which is to be hereafter, deep and broad. Votes: 0

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it? Votes: 0

Look at Christ, my dear friend: His life was divine through and through, full of self-denial, and He did everything for mankind, finding His satisfaction and His delight in the dissolution of His material being. Votes: 0

For many men the denial of dependency on their mother is repeated in their subsequent relationships, sometimes by an absence of any sexual interest in women, sometimes by a pattern of loving and leaving them. Votes: 0

Can I ask you a personal question"? Of all the rhetorical questionsin the world, that is the one which irritates me most with itssimultaneous gesture towards and denial of the trespass that is aboutto follow. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If your senses are numbed with delusion and denial, you will stop looking for these true strengths and wind up living a second-rate version of someone's life rather than a worldclass version of your own Votes: 0

When I hear so-called professional journalists ask why we have celebrities speak for us and for the animals, the environment or social causes, I marvel at their denial of the rules of their own trade. Votes: 0

It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial. Votes: 0

Individualism is a denial that life has any meaning except the gratification of the ego; in politics it must end in anarchy. It is not possible for one man to be both Christian and Individualist. Votes: 0

The individualist is an atom thinking about himself (Thank God I am not as other men); the communist, too often, is an atom having ecstasies of self-denial (Thank God I am one in a crowd). Votes: 0

I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred. Votes: 0

While the Right of Suffrage is conceded to thousands notoriously ignorant, vicious, and drunken, ... a Constitutional denial to Black men, as such, of Political Rights freely secured to White men, is monstrously unjust and irrational. Votes: 0