The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.
A known fact may be so unbearable that it is habitually pushed aside and not allowed to enter into logical processes, or on the other hand it may enter into every calculation and yet never be admitted as a fact, even in one’s own mind.
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.
I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.
Obviously, some people are thick, and they're not gonna see what they don't want to see.
But some, besides allegiance to their original error, possess I know not what fanciful interest in remaining hostile not so much toward the things in question as toward their discoverer.
You know the problem, we don't want to believe what we know.
Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning.
Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening.
Some people choose not to believe the truth because it disagrees with what they fundamentally want.
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.
There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.
