"The most reliable sign, the most universal behavior of unscrupulous people is not directed, as one might imagine, at our fearfulness. It is, perversely, an appeal to our sympathy."

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Source : Martha Stout, Ph.D. (2005). “The Sociopath Next Door”, p.107, Harmony

Martha Stout

#People Quotes #Might Quotes #Imagine Quotes

“I've seen men like you in Doris Day films, but I never thought they existed in real life...The men who can't commit, who can't say 'I love you' even when they want to, who start to cough and sputter and change the subject. But here you are. A living, breathing specimen. Incredible.”
“I became Gauleiter in 1927.”
“Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.”
“America faces a fundamental choice: either the blessings of liberty or the servitude of liberalism. In the political struggle for survival, one or the other is headed for extinction.”
“The Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently”
“The hemulen woke up slowly and recognised himself and wished he had been someone he didn't know.”
“In our lonely hours we awake those sleeping images with which our memories are stored, and vitalize them again.”
“Everything is Energy and that is all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you can not help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.”

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