A major obstacle to self-knowledge, and in turn, to a flourish | Encounter_HUMAN

A major obstacle to self-knowledge, and in turn, to a flourishing life, is the tendency of one part of the mind to lie to the other. We lie to ourselves for what might seem like a very understandable reason: we want to avoid pain. We become experts at pushing disturbing thoughts far into the unconscious because we are squeamish.- reading self-knowledge by The school of life