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Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
At the approach of danger there are always two voices that speak with equal force in the heart of man: one very reasonably tells the man to consider the nature of the danger and the means of avoiding it; the other even more reasonable says that it is too painful and harassing to think of the danger, since it is not a man's power to provide for everything and escape from the general march of events; and that it is therefore better to turn aside from the painful subject till it has come, and to think of what is pleasant. In solitude a man generally yields to the first voice; in society to the second.
LEO TOLSTOY, War and Peace
The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid.
Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
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