“Their [those with eating disorders'] task is to rescue themselves from a drive that is destroying them. Food embodies the false values that their own bodies refuse to assimilate, by which I mean that their bodies become edemic, bloated, allergic, or resort to vomiting the poison out. The unconscious body, and certainly the conscious body, will not tolerate the negative mother.” MeanBodyMotherValuesEatingConsciousNegativeTasksRefusePoisonUnconsciousDisorderDestroyingRescueTolerateResortsEating DisorderAllergicVomiting Author:Marion Woodman
“Men will see in their king or in their rulers men like themselves perhaps unworthy or open to criticism, but they will not on that account refuse obedience if they see reflected in them the authority of Christ, God and Man. Peace and harmony, too, will result; for with the spread and the universal extension of the kingdom of Christ, men will become more and more conscious of the link that binds them together, and thus many conflicts will either be prevented entirely or at least their bitterness be diminished.” IfsMenWisdomTogetherPoliticsChristResultsEconomyKingsConflictAuthorityConsciousCriticismUniversalAccountsHarmonyRefuseSpreadKingdomsObedienceLiberalismLinksBitternessRulersExtensionsUnworthyPeace And Harmony Author:Pope Pius XI
“Whenever a conscious Black woman raises her voice on issues central to her existence, somebody is going to call her strident, because they don't want to hear about it, nor us. I refuse to be silenced and I refuse to be trivialized, even if I do not say what I have to say perfectly.” IfsWantBlackVoiceExistenceIssuesConsciousRaisesRefuseBlack Women Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde
“Ignorant, unconscious and dishonourable part of a society want and like kings, dictators, padishahs and all sort of despots; educated, conscious and honourable part of the same society hate and refuse monarchs, tyrants, oppressors and any kind of autocrats!” WantKindHateKingsConsciousRefuseIgnorantEducatedUnconsciousTyrantsDictatorOppressorsMonarchsDespots Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“We practice conscious forgetting by refusing to summon up the fiery material, we refuse to recollect. To forget is an active, not a passive, endeavor. It means to not haul up certain materials, or turn them over and over, to not work oneself up by repetitive thought, picture, or emotion.” MeanCertainTurnsForgetEmotionPracticeMaterialsConsciousOneselfRefuseActiveEndeavorPassiveFieryRepetitiveHaul Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themselves are not conscious of living in any period and refuse to conform to the scheme.” PoetPeriodsConsciousRefuseInventionHistorianSchemesConform Book:Poetry and prose in the sixteenth century Source: Poetry and prose in the sixteenth century
“Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear. Fear that their feelings may not be recognized, or even worst, returned. But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.” IfsHumansMayPersonsLongShowsFeelingsHuman BeingsEffortOne ThingWorstObjectsConsciousAffectionRefuseConnectedPuzzles Author:Sigmund Freud