“But grief is a walk alone. Others can be there, and listen. But you will walk alone down your own path, at your own pace, with your sheared-off pain, your raw wounds, you denial, anger, and bitter loss. You'll come to your own peace, hopefully, but it will be on your own, in your own time.” PainLossWalksGriefPathWoundsBitterHopefullyDenialPace Book:The First Day of the Rest of My Life Source: The First Day of the Rest of My Life
“Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick fix, instant gratification, the dreamworld, and escape from all pain and boredom. All of this is part of what addicts believe and what we hope for when we reach for our particular substance.... Addiction begins with the hope that something "out there" can instantly fill up the emptiness inside. Advertising is all about this false hope.” BelieveDoePainBeliefCausesParticularClimateAddictionAdvertisingDenialSubstanceInstantBoredomEmptinessAddictGratificationInstant GratificationFalse HopeQuick FixesEmptiness Inside Author:Jean Kilbourne
“Many spiritual people are involved in a radical denial of what is happening. They want to transcend it, get rid of it, get out of it, get away from it. There's nothing wrong with that feeling, but the approach doesn't work because it's escapism in spiritual clothing. It's wearing spiritual clothing and spiritual concepts, but it is really no different than a drunk in the gutter who doesn't want to feel the pain anymore. When you abide and accept everything completely and fully, you automatically go beyond.” PeopleWantFeelsDifferentFeelingsPainSpiritualAcceptingInvolvedApproachHappeningsConceptsDrunkRadicalDenialGet AwayClothingsEscapismGutters Author:Adyashanti
“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.” TruthChristianPainChristianityDirectRecognitionDenialChristian Science Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“A self-denial, no less austere than the saint's, is demanded of the scholar. He must worship truth, and forgo all things for that,and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented.” SelfPainWorshipAll ThingsDefeatSaintTreasureDenialScholarSelf-denial Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Racism was just a tool to deal with frustration and pain and that people are in denial about the way we feel and desperately trying to control their environment the way their lives are. And ultimately their scapegoats aren't going to make them feel better, it's just going to increase hatred and the problem gets worse and worse.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingProblemPainDealsEnvironmentRacismToolsHatredIncreaseDenialFrustrationFeel BetterScapegoat Author:Matt Dillon