Rationalizations Quotes

• Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.

  

  Bentley Little
  • Circumstances
  • Murder
  • Rationalizations

• I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened by sin. The more I thought about human nature the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin causes us to use our minds to rationalize our actions. Liberalism failed to see that reason by itself is little more than an instrument to justify man's defensive ways of thinking. Reason, devoid of the purifying power of faith, can never free itself from distortions and rationalizations.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Optimism
  • Human Nature
  • Liberalism

• Modern neuroscience solidly supports Freud’s notion that many of our conscious thoughts are complex rationalizations for the flood of instincts, reflexes, motives, and deep-seated memories that emanate from the unconscious.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Memories
  • Supports
  • Neuroscience

• Have you ever asked yourself why one person is honorable and another dishonorable; why one is honest, another dishonest; why one is moral, another immoral? Most individuals do not intend to be dishonest, dishonorable, or immoral. They seem to allow their characters to erode by a series of rationalizations, lies, and compromises. Then when grave temptation presents itself, they haven't the strength of character to do what they know to be right.

  

  Ezra Taft Benson
  • Characters
  • Temptation
  • Honorable