“Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.”
― Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
― Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
“... the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for ...”
― Assholes Finish First
― Assholes Finish First
“No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.”
― Daniel Deronda
― Daniel Deronda
“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.”
― Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
― Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”
― Toward a Psychology of Being
― Toward a Psychology of Being
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