35 Quotes by Carol Tavris

Science is a form of arrogance control.

History is written by the victors, but it's victims who write the memoirs.

History is written by the victors, but it’s victims who write the memoirs.

In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to maintain our feelings of decency and self-worth.

Doubt is not the enemy of justice; overconfidence is.

Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. – historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person’s life. Hysteria trumps evidence.