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“In man there is implanted a sporting instinct to side with the underdog, but this is in man, the individual. Mob psychology is different from individual psychology, and the psychology of the pack is to tear down the weaker and devour the wounded. Man may sympathize with the underdog, but he wants to side with the winner.”
― The Case of the Sulky Girl
― The Case of the Sulky Girl
“For one hour a day, Lucifer took a break from his surveillance to indulge a guilty pleasure: drinking a tall, icy glass of Schweppes ginger ale and watching The O’Reilly Factor.”
― Mercury Rests
― Mercury Rests
“AQ could not defeat us, but we could undermine our own institutions and threaten our own liberties if we overreacted.”
― The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service
― The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service
“The more humble a man is in himself, and the more obedient towards God, the wiser will he be in all things, and the more shall his soul be at peace.”
― The Imitation of Christ
― The Imitation of Christ
“The leaders of the church know perfectly well that prayer is not intended to gratify the devout. So that, every time they accept a donation in return for some petition, they are accepting a gross negation of their faith: a faith that depends on the passive acceptance of the devout and not on their making demands for betterment”
― Mortality
― Mortality
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