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“Even for physical science, the ultimate test of whether or not something is true lies in the individual's experience, not in some objectified, dogmatic set of rules. The sensory experiences which are predictable from natural scientific 'laws' permit agreement between individuals because those individuals share very similar physical structures, are persuaded by the same kinds of logical reasoning, and operate with a similar set of values.”
― David Smail, Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety

“Truly to trust someone is to credit them with having good reasons for what they do even if we cannot see or understand what they are.”
― David Smail, How to Survive without Psychotherapy

“You can no more banish hatred from your heart than you can summon love into it, and the wisest course is to accept that, whatever you feel, you probably have good reasons for it.”
― David Smail, How to Survive without Psychotherapy

“... we are for the most part utterly impervious to the moral intention or significance of our conduct, and on the whole what we do is evaluated mainly in terms of what it achieves for the enhancement of our image and the augmentation of our power, status, and material advantage.”
― David Smail, Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety