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.
I'm not pushing myself forward in denial of the moment. I'm pushing myself forward and enjoying every moment voraciously. I'm thinking about the next thing but not at the expense of the present.
They that do much themselves deny, Receive more blessings from the sky.
I will usually be in denial about that, too, because I really don't like that. Sometimes I will recognize it and sometimes someone will say, "are you okay?" And then you think, "Oh, maybe I'm not. "
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.
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.
Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.
The primary symptom of a controller is denial, that is I can't see its symptoms in myself.
My whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The loss of magic is the denial of unlimited possibility.
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment.
To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. Once more, all that self-denial can say is, 'He leads the way, keep close to Him. '
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.
There's no denial that one's gender orientation is certainly a core characteristic of any person, but it's not the only one.