There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.
At home in Ireland there's a habit of avoidance an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.
When I was younger I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.