“ Professing not to care is a primordial defense mechanism. Whenever a person finds oneself mired in failure and despondency, rebelling is a viable option to preserve false personal pride. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Why should you want to give up a child's wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn, since not-understanding is, after all, a way of being alone, whereas defensiveness and scorn ar… Rainer Maria Rilke
“ All defensiveness stems from the need to be right and frustration over not being able to control others. Bryant McGill
“ Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to those most critical and dubious of him, and if anything tended to take those al… David Halberstam
“ It would be better to be deceived a hundred times than to live a life of suspicion. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“ The culture around us knows what it means when they see a church in perpetual bluster and outrage. They know that we are scared. Russell D. Moore
“ The ego with its protective defense mechanisms is the biggest impediment to attaining spiritual growth. Kilroy J. Oldster
