Quotes Tagged With :rationalization

As long as he retains externally the habits of a Christian he can still be made to think of himself as....

Of what use was memory anyway than as a template for one's most reassuring self-deceptions!

When we look at Abraham, Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael, we see that God's grace can survive our three-ring-circuses....

If you are stuck in circumstances in which it takes Herculean efforts to get through the day— doing....

Suicide is a confession of failure. And like divorce, it is shrouded in excuses and rationalizations....

Has it not ‘dawned’ on us that many of the things that we incessantly blame others for are actually....

We have become used to obstructionist ideas. In the name of modernisation we are unconsciously hindering....

I treat my thoughts like an old person treats their valuables: I cannot for the life of me proceed to....

... We [can't] escape the influence of sin in the world, but [do] we have to pay money to see and hear....

To incessantly blame others for my shortcomings is cowardice borne of fear, fed by fear, and haunted....