![The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-following-of-authority-is-the-denial-of-intelligence-it-may-help-us-tempor.jpg)
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It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise. Richard Dawkins
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I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion. Richard Baxter
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No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you. Russell Brand
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There's some things you can cover up. And there's some things you can't. Ray Lewis
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Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all. Wally Lamb
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Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials. Charles Caleb Colton
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denial duality repression
Great repressions create dualities. Anais Nin
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Denial: my family heritage. If you don't ask the questions, the truth will never inconvenience you. Lisa Unger
denial longing intense
Many grievers experience intense yearning or longing after a death - more than they experience, say, denial. Meghan O'Rourke