984 – “Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.”

-Annie Besant

518 – “Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore, and even deny anything that doesn’t fit in with the core belief.”

–Frantz Fanon

281 – “More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.”

–anonymous

71 – “Nothing haunts us like the things we don’t say.”

– Mitch Albom