"Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning."

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Source : Karen Horney (2013). “Our Inner Conflicts: A CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF NEUROSIS”, p.135, Routledge

Karen Horney

#Self Quotes #Deception Quotes #May Quotes

“I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.”

Source : Virginia Satir (1976). “Making Contact”
“The soul has greater need of the ideal than of the real”
“I couldn't worry about anyone else but myself and my health.”

Source : "Derrick Rose Says Injury Forced Him To Be 'Selfish'". uproxx.com. July 5, 2013.
“Utopians don't say, 'The world's corrupt, women make less money, people of color are oppressed at every turn.' You don't list the problems of the world; you describe a world in which those things aren't the case. The critique is implicit and as a result it's kind of a positive critique. You're not listing what's bad, but rather what would be good - you're oriented toward this positive vision.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.”
“I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some wayâ€¦ what is more important is a feeling of strength in reserve â€“ tension beneath calm.”
“The entire art system urgently needs a vacation.”

Source : Isa Genzken (2000). “Urlaub”
“I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.”

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