Man has long found solace in good talk to offset bad conduct.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error.

There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves.

We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but if someone tries to take them from us, we defend them with almost an illicit passion.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.